ographical ▁bar riers . ▁Tem por al ▁bar riers ▁are ▁typically ▁present ▁on ▁a ▁scenario ▁where ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁cow ork ers ▁are ▁in ▁different ▁time ▁zones ▁and ▁oft ent imes ▁in ▁different ▁ge ographic ▁locations . ▁Develop ers ▁mostly ▁communicate ▁during ▁work ▁hours , ▁and ▁while ▁they ▁can ▁use ▁asynchronous ▁communication ▁which ▁doesn ' t ▁require ▁over la pping ▁work ▁hours , ▁it ▁inher ently ▁del ays ▁the ▁communication ▁process . ▁As ▁an ▁alternative ▁they ▁can ▁use ▁synchron ous ▁communication ▁if ▁they ▁need ▁to ▁communicate ▁in ▁real ▁time , ▁however ▁it ▁introdu ces ▁the ▁comp lication ▁of ▁finding ▁over la pping ▁work ▁hours . ▁Follow - the - sun ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁approach ▁taken ▁by ▁software ▁companies ▁to ▁mit ig ate ▁the ▁latter ▁issue . ▁ ▁Research ▁ ▁Research ▁on ▁Communic ation ▁in ▁Dist ributed ▁Software ▁Development ▁is ▁conducted ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁imp lications ▁of ▁different ▁communication ▁methods ▁on ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁process ▁and ▁the ▁final ▁product . ▁ ▁Communic ation ▁is ▁an ▁essential ▁process ▁in ▁coordin ating ▁a ▁software ▁development ▁project ▁and ▁sharing ▁knowledge ▁between ▁the ▁team ▁members . ▁Pre vious ▁studies ▁ ▁claim ▁that ▁sharing ▁knowledge ▁is ▁important ▁to ▁building ▁trust ▁and ▁even ▁impro ving ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁whole ▁team , ▁which ▁also ▁applies ▁in ▁a ▁distributed ▁software ▁development ▁process . ▁ ▁It ▁can ▁also ▁bring ▁challeng es , ▁as ▁referred ▁in ▁the ▁section ▁above , ▁that ▁when ▁impro per ly ▁de alt ▁with ▁can ▁delay ▁a ▁team ▁project ▁or ▁even ▁cost