Poland: From Popes to Partnerships

by Borys Stokalski

Global software development is about teams distributed over continents building software products for remote users or markets -- with the words "distributed" and "remote" being probably the most significant characteristics. Physical separation creates a whole range of problems that must be solved by project executives and through the communications infrastructure of the project. Even more troubling is the "mental remoteness" that exists between the maker and the user when a solution is being developed by people who have little understanding of the "real-world" use of the product. For software development, this situation is neither natural nor desirable, and it can only be justified by desperate needs, such as a significant shortage in the supply of meaningful IT solutions for business or a requirement to significantly reduce software development costs by outsourcing one simple but costly element of the software development value chain.

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Poland: From Popes to Partnerships March 1999