Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 66; Flight Crew Total 5109; Flight Crew Type 5109
Troubleshooting; Workload; Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related
We had an early departure with a myriad of operational issues with the right pack inoperative; the checklist was outdated and required canceling our prior clearance to push.  We normally taxi out to Spot XX and await DFW Ground to call us. There was a broken aircraft that was being towed from the runway and we were assigned spot XY. We taxied around Terminal E; it was dark; the lighting was inadequate; the terminal goes around and the spots are very difficult to see.  We also had to be vigilant of parked aircraft at Spot XZ. There was confusion between Spot XY and XA and by the time we saw the spots; they were the spot markings on Taxiway Kilo.  We contacted Ground at spot XY and Ground Control advised us we were on Taxiway Kilo. We acknowledged our mistake and received taxi instructions to taxi to 17R.Taxi Error: Did Not Hold Short of Assigned Location.
Air Carrier First Officer reported poor lighting in the area surrounding Terminal E at DFW contributed to a taxiway incursion.