Patterns of Evolution in the Practice of Distributed Software Development in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries: A Preliminary Capability Model

In this paper, we describe a preliminary capability model that captures patterns of evolution in the practice of distributed software development in internal offshoring projects. In our research we seek to understand how the practices of organizations involved in the internal offshoring of software development evolve over time, from a software engineering perspective, and from the point of view of the subsidiaries. Based on a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, we propose a capability model that encompasses the evolution of software development activities within and among several subsidiaries owned by an organization.