<s>
A	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
project	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
(	O
R&D	O
)	O
project	O
that	O
is	O
done	O
across	O
multiple	O
business	O
worksites	O
or	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
was	O
largely	O
pioneered	O
by	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
different	O
from	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
because	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
organizations	O
are	O
working	O
together	O
on	O
an	O
equal	O
level	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
one	O
organization	O
subcontracting	O
the	O
work	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
might	O
specialize	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
actively	O
collaborate	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
common	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
tools	O
commonly	O
used	O
include	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
and	O
wikis	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
highest	O
forms	O
of	O
collaboration	O
in	O
any	O
engineering	O
or	O
scientific	O
R&D	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
entrepreneur	B-Application
Mitch	O
Kapor	O
,	O
many	O
companies	O
are	O
doing	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
successfully	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
disadvantages	O
to	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
software	O
applications	O
that	O
are	O
tightly-integrated	O
can	O
be	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
develop	O
using	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
advantages	O
to	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
for	O
a	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
is	O
often	O
more	O
suitable	O
for	O
modular	O
software	O
,	O
where	O
different	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
can	O
be	O
developed	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
main	O
success	O
factors	O
for	O
a	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
project	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Build	O
an	O
organizational	O
design	O
that	O
supports	O
working	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
right	O
incentive	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
doing	O
these	O
three	O
actions	O
,	O
one	O
may	O
obtain	O
advantages	O
beyond	O
pure	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
or	O
offshoring	O
,	O
namely	O
much	O
higher	O
motivated	O
employees	O
in	O
all	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
distributed	O
network	O
,	O
higher	O
retention	O
and	O
certainly	O
one	O
gains	O
from	O
the	O
diversity	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Global	O
Distributed	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
(	O
GDSE	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
enterprise	O
application	O
for	O
a	O
distributed	B-Application
development	I-Application
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
can	O
work	O
in	O
a	O
distributed	O
environment	O
due	O
to	O
teams	O
working	O
in	O
different	O
places	O
,	O
or	O
because	O
of	O
Outsourcing	B-Architecture
or	O
Offshoring	O
.	O
</s>
