Today, there are not many projects left that are developed "at home" without outsourcing or offshoring. Outsourcing and offshoring, both imply that there is a distance between the project members. In an offshoring project you will often find that there is not only one kind of distance but rather a combination of these distances.

Another trend that has currently gained momentum is agile software development. More and more projects regard agility as a critical success factor for software development. Agile development puts a strong emphasis on face to-face communication and close collaboration between all project members.

Despite the seeming incompatibility of global software development and agile methods, several projects have tried to combine them. After all, the agile manifesto and its underlying principles do not argue against the feasibility of agility in a global setting. It's true that when conducting global agile software development you might not find a specific agile methodology that can be used out of the box. Still, agile principles can help you to keep the necessary focus in your development approach in order to stay agile.

In this webinar, Jutta Eckstein will report from her experiences in bringing global and agile development together and will show which practices help and which hinder the success of such a project.

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