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We plan to carry out a set of case studies that will start to set up a body of knowledge
to help us identify effective agile practices able to assist in minimizing GSD work
coordination challenges. In addition to conducting the case studies, we also plan to
carry out a large scale survey among experienced GSD project managers and practi-
tioners to investigate the effectiveness of agile practices in reducing GSD risks to
project communication, coordination and collaboration processes. Our survey will
mainly focus on the effectiveness of using XP and Scrum practices in reducing GSD
risks. Some important project contextual factors will also be explored to help us un-
derstand the characteristics of GSD projects able to successfully use agile practices.
We expect that the findings from the new case studies and the survey will enable us to
empirically confirm the findings from the literature. While the case studies will pro-
vide more data about the potential impact of agile practices on coordination chal-
lenges in GSD projects.
Acknowledgments.
M. Ali Babar's research is partially supported by Science foun-
dation Ireland under grant number 03/CE2/I303-1. We also acknowledge the contri-
bution of Nils Brede Moe, SINTEF ICT, Norway and Darja Smite, Blekinge Institute
of Technology, Sweden in this paper.
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