Patterns in Effective Distributed Software Development

As with many other industries today, software development must increasingly adapt to teams whose members work together but are geographically distributed. Many factors have contributed to this rise in distributed software development (DSD), including companies' desires to leverage skilled resources wherever they can be found and to reduce costs by working in different labor markets. Its increasing popularity has led to diverse industrial experience, which has in turn led to some best practices and an initial body of knowledge.