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ç ç 3 O F T W A R E ç ç 3 Y S T E M S ç 2 E Q U I R E M E N T S ç % N G I N E E R I N G ç ) N ç 0 R A C T I C E

HOME WORK SITE TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY ON DOCUMENTATION AND
CATCH UP WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THEIR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
TEAM
v 0ROVIDE INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING TO TEAM MEMBERS
EARLY IN THE PROJECT
v 3ET UP A COLLABORATION WEB SITE E G WIKI FOR ALL TEAM
MEMBERS TO VIEW DECISIONS MADE ON THE PROJECT STORE KEY
DOCUMENTS AND SUPPORT ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS E G
FORUMS
v )N THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PROJECT THE CENTRAL TEAM SHOULD
INTERVIEW CANDIDATES AND SELECT THE KEY 2% STAFF WHO WILL BE
ASSIGNED TO THE REMOTE TEAMS
v .O INDIVIDUAL TEAM SHOULD BE LARGER THAN TEN MEMBERS AND
TEAM MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR WORK PLACES WITHIN METERS
OF EACH OTHER

õ 3UMMARY

$ISTRIBUTED PROJECTS MUST COMPENSATE FOR THE LARGE COMMUNICATION
PATHS FROM THE CENTRAL TEAM REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERS TO DISTANT TEAMS
2EQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING IS MOST EFFICIENTLY DONE BY A SMALL TEAM
LOCATED AT A SINGLE SITE BUT TODAY S NEED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP NEW
PRODUCTS WILL REQUIRE THAT TEAMS COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER ACROSS
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES 9OU WILL LIKELY VIEW THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR
SUPPLIERS AS LONG TERM WHERE OVER TIME THEY BECOME EXTENSIONS TO
YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION AND BUILD UP SIMILAR OR COMPLEMENTARY
DOMAIN EXPERTISE

õ $ISCUSSIONõ1UESTIONS

(OW LONG SHOULD ONE EXPECT THE LEARNING CURVE TIME TO BE FOR
A REMOTE TEAM TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE WORKING IN A NEW
DOMAIN
7HAT ARE SOME OF THE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEMS
THAT MAY ARISE ON A GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED PROJECT
7HAT KINDS OF hSOFT SKILLSv MUST REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERS HAVE
TO EFFECTIVELY WORK ON DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS
(OW MIGHT THE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING ARTIFACTS DIFFER FOR
DISTRIBUTED PROJECTS AS COMPARED TO COLLOCATED PROJECTS