Splitting the organization and integrating the code: Conway's law revisited
Proceedings of the 21st international conference on Software engineering
Distance, dependencies, and delay in a global collaboration
CSCW '00 Proceedings of the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work
An empirical study of global software development: distance and speed
ICSE '01 Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Global software development: technical, organizational, and social challenges
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Cultural patterns in software process mishaps: incidents in global projects
HSSE '05 Proceedings of the 2005 workshop on Human and social factors of software engineering
Proceedings of the 2009 international workshop on Intercultural collaboration
Resource Allocation Optimization for GSD Projects
ICCSA '09 Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications: Part II
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Using global pairs for reducing software development time
Proceedings of the 4th India Software Engineering Conference
Collaborative rhythm: temporal dissonance and alignment in collaborative scientific work
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Global software development using the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory paradigm
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering
Understanding technology use in global virtual teams: Research methodologies and methods
Information and Software Technology
Methodological reflections on a field study of a globally distributed software project
Information and Software Technology
"Follow the Sun" Workflow in Global Software Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Towards multi-level adaptation for distributed operating systems and applications
ICA3PP'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing - Volume Part II
Offshore insourcing in software development: Structuring the decision-making process
Journal of Systems and Software
The Role of Information Resources in Enabling the 24-hour Knowledge factory
Information Resources Management Journal
Is time-zone proximity an advantage for software development? the case of the brazilian IT industry
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Software Engineering
SocialCDE: a social awareness tool for global software teams
Proceedings of the 2013 9th Joint Meeting on Foundations of Software Engineering
Can social awareness foster trust building in global software teams?
Proceedings of the 2013 International Workshop on Social Software Engineering
Facilitating contagion trust through tools in Global Systems Engineering teams
Information and Software Technology
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Advances in global network connectivity over the past 10 years have significantly reduced the effects that physical separation has on geographically distributed development teams. It is increasingly clear that time zones, rather than physical distances, are becoming the most significant factor which separates potential collaborators. Collaboration across time zones often involves modifications to the typical work day, with remote team members collaborating either very late at night or extremely early in the morning. Though this presents obvious problems, a natural question is whether it is possible to exploit this diversity as a competitive differentiator, instead of treating time zones as an impediment to productivity. In two case studies, we examine whether it is possible to create a development environment in which tasks can "follow the sun," allowing teams to work during extended local business hours and assign or hand off tasks at the end of their day to teams that are just starting their day, effectively yielding a 24-hour development clock. We examine the factors that influenced the success or failure of the respective projects and conclude with a discussion of best practices for using this approach successfully.