Global Agile Team Design: An Informing Science Perspective

As software development becomes increasingly globally distributed, a potential challenge for organizations using agile methodologies is the design of their development teams. Using a case study approach, Cohen’s updated model of the Informing Science framework served as a means for framing the discussion of global agile team design related to the components of task, environmental context, and delivery channel. The results of the study provided a set of data-derived propositions that serve to inform organizations of practical design considerations and support the idea that global agile teams represent a complex relationship involving the informing environment, informing, and the informer.