However, distribution can also be even more subtle than
that. In the context of agile methods, which are based on
quick and easy communication, a “distribution” effect can be
caused by impediments for such communication. In one
occasion we discovered that a team did not really use the
information on the storyboard except at the stand-up
meetings. It turned out that the reason was that when they
worked they all sat with their backs to the storyboard and
thus rarely looked at it.
So, in this paper we will take “distributed” to mean
everything that causes obstacles for the quick and easy
communication of information within a project team.