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.