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Can distributed software development be agile?

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Three organizations studied here suggest the answer is "yes," when the unique characteristics of both environments are successfully blended.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 10
                October 2006
                85 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1164394
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