Follow-the-Sun (FTS) is a strategy in Global
Software Development (GSD) focusing on software development
twenty-four hours, seven days per week with physically
distributed teams. Many companies have tried to implement FTS
strategy, but have abandoned it after some point because of the
difficulty to put it into practice. Thus, this article aims to presents
a research plan for developing a software process inspired in the
practices from agile methodologies, to support the adoption of the
FTS strategy in GSD environments.