  The Agile Manifesto describes that the most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development team is through face-to-face
conversation. However that is not always possible when teams are working in a
Global Software Development (GSD) environment. Based on this scenario, this
study presents an exploratory data analysis using survey results to explore
agile practices and challenges of a global software development team that uses
ScaledAgile Framework (SAFe), which is designed for the need of larger
organizations. The goal of this study is to understand the team's level of
knowledge in some agile practices and which types of communication are usually
prioritized. As in GSD environments team members are geographically spread
across multiple regions and time zones, we aim to identify challenges this
environment can present. As a result of this exploratory analysis, it has been
identified that communication is one of main challenges in GSD environment and
that phone calls are considered to be the most efficient type of communication.
Additionally, we have also identified that professionals have different levels
of confidence in Agile practices and concluded that knowledge transfers among
the professionals could help those team members that are not confident in some
agile practices to increase their overall confidence and knowledge.
