The current COVID-19 crisis has software engineers all over the world working from home. Engineers that are used to in-person meetings and just “dropping by” to ask questions to colleagues, now find themselves having to use instant-messaging, e-mailing and video-conferencing instead.
GDSE, short for “Globally Distributed Software Engineering”, is a field that researches the tools, principles and challenges of building software with globally distributed teams.
We, a team of 4 students from the Delft University of Technology, are conducting research on what principles and tools we can use from GDSE to make software engineering a little bit easier during these challenging times.
The website you are looking at right now is the result of this research. We have tried our utter best to write clear and concise blog posts that are hopefully useful for any software engineer currently working from home.
A multitude of topics are discussed, including blog posts about: the importance of daily standup meetings, tools that can be used to maintain effective communication, pair programming from a distance. Find out more on our What’s Next page!