Distributed software development utilizing low cost Offshore Development Centers (ODC) is an opportunity to control costs and speed development, but it adds layers of complexity and increases risk.

For that, Ignite decided to launch the development of LightSpeed – an Open Source Cloud-based Agile project management solution allowing distributed teams to work together as if they were located at the same place.

LightSpeed is based on best-of-breed open source solutions that were glued and enhanced to create an end-to-end coherent open source project management solution for distributed development.

The presentation will explore the challenges and advantages in gluing together and enhancing open source solutions while dealing with the serious challenges presented by the Open Source promise:
Support, maintenance, backward compatibility, durability, high-availability and security among others.