Siemens Global Studio Project: Experiences Adopting an Integrated GSD Infrastructure

Abstract

Environments and processes in typical software development are not fully adapted to the needs of global software development (GSD). In particular, they do not have all of the capabilities necessary for cross-site collaboration. While research literature is rich with examples of individual practices and tools that an be used in this setting, there is a lack of examples illustrating how these tools and processes can be used in combination. We have augmented a set of tools and processes for GSD and applied them to an experimental project called the Global Studio Project (GSP). This paper describes the tools and processes developed, and insights gained from applying them to the GSP.