Software Development Processes In Globally Distributed Environment

As a result of globalization, software is nowadays more often produced by development effort from multiple locations. While global software development is regarded as more challenging than even the most complex project managed entirely in-house, standards or methodologies dedicated for this type of projects are still lacking. Based on an extensive literature review towards an understanding of industrial practice regarding software development processes, authors of this paper conclude that the evidence on how such projects are organized is scarce. Despite the limited evidence, authors present the deduced models of development processes presented in selected literature and summarize the main challenges that may affect project management processes.