Globalization by chunking: a quantitative approach

TLDR

Global software production is distributed worldwide to meet economic, political, and practical demands, but remote development sites often face communication and coordination challenges that can lower productivity and extend production times. The study seeks technical solutions that support distributed software development to meet business requirements. The authors examine quantitative methods for allocating work among locations to reduce communication and synchronization overhead.

Abstract

Because of economic, political, and practical needs, businesses regularly distribute their software production globally. Participants at the different development sites often suffer inhibited communication and coordination because they are remote from each other. One result of the affected communication and coordination might be reduced productivity and an increased production interval. We look for technical solutions to accommodate the business needs for distributed software development. In doing so, we investigate quantitative approaches to distributing work across geographic locations to minimize communication and synchronization needs.