The Demand for agile software development is growing fast. According to research from Gartner and Forrester it will soon be one of the most in demand software skills.
Businesses are trying many different models to lower the development cost insourcing, outsourcing, and offshoring or near shore hoping to take advantage of the software development methodology.
Agile software development requires development teams and users communicating all the time.
The flexibility and constant testing makes it a challenge to succeed using agile software development techniques if groups of people are not in close contact during work time. You can’t really do a scrum over thousands of miles if you are trying to support an Offshore model.
Offshore models present major challenges for businesses outsourcing to India if they are trying to accomplish an Agile Software development methodology. Near shore locations are less costly than onshore services but are often seen as less risky than offshore. Near shore locations such as Costa Rica present a great alternative for Carvechi Technology customers and within a 3 hour flight from Miami is also a great place to plan development session and being able to reach the development teams more frequently which is a requirement of Agile Software.
One of our customers said that distance and cultural differences could be a problem in agile development projects. “I advised on an agile software development project that went badly wrong. It proved to be very difficult to use agile principles when both companies are geographical and cultural different.”
Many of our customers and companies we have spoken with are reporting good results from near shore locations as Costa Rica. Since agile development and many of the technologies we use with our customer require constant contact during the project, and adjusting to the new requirements and changes could be immediately communicated and deadlines met.