Next Generation Technology for Global Software Development

The software development paradigm is changing with the rise of geographically distributed, global software development (GSD). Increasingly, organizations like NNIT A/S shift all or part of their software development offshore. Several studies show that compared to collocated projects, GSD projects are more likely to be unsuccessful due to geographical, temporal, and cultural distances, which hampers close collaboration. This project aims at providing knowledge and tools for organizations to excel in software development on a global scale.

The two core contributions of this project are (i) to view cultural diversity as an opportunity for increased innovation, and (ii) to build technologies that help practitioners to move from an outsourcing model to a collaborative model of GSD.

The project consists of a strong interdisciplinary and international consortium of industrial and academic partners with substantial GSD experience – both from an industrial and a scientific point of view. Together, we aim to;
- understand the collaborative and distributed nature of GSD with a special emphasis on cultural discontinuities and opportunities
- design and evaluate a new paradigm for a collaborative infrastructure and tools for GSD
- improve GSD processes, practices, norms, and practical guidelines
- pilot trial the new technologies and practices in an industrial setting.