Contents lists available at ScienceDirect INFORMATION MDMG MET Information & Management ELSEVIER Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/im Crow Mark Empirical studies of geographically distributed agile development communication challenges: A systematic review Yehia Ibrahim Alzoubi. Asif Qumer Gill". Ahmed Al-Ani" hool of Software styl Verneda SiwySydney, Australia School of Electrical Mechanical and Mechatronic Unity of Technolo Sydwy, Sydney, Australie ABSTRACT ARTICLE INFO Artery Neceived 21 December 2014 Received in revised form 1 July 2015 Accepted ) August 2015 Available online 28 August 2015 There is increasing interest in studying and applying geographically distributed agile development (GDADL Much tus been published on GDAD communication. There is a need to systematically review and synthesize the literature on GDAD communication challenges. Using the SLR approach and applying customized search criteria derived from the research questions, 21 relevant empirical studies were Identified and reviewed in this paper. The data from these papers were extracted to identify communication challenges and the techniques used to overcome these challenges. The findings of the research serve as a resource for GDAD practitioners and researchers when setting future research priorities and directions. 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved Keywords Geographically distributed alle deweloper Communication challengri Communication techniques Agile approaches systematic literature review Based on this abstract: Was the language used subjective or objective