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Zainab Alikhan Nirmal Merchant
▪ Global management consulting firm, App Dev department▪ Adopted Agile 5+ years ago▪ 300 technologists …and growing by the day▪ Our people are in New York, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Atlanta, Waltham, Austin, Dusseldorf, Cairo, Bangalore, Chennai…
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE made it happen.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE did it.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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What is Sitting Together?
▪ XP (Extreme Programming) concept▪ The whole team sits together in the same physical space
Support the Agile Manifesto:▪ Individuals and interactions over processes and tools▪ Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
PRODUCTIVITY = ~2X!!!
The Art of Agile Development, James Shore
How Does Radical Collocation Help a Team Succeed? Teasley, Covey, Krishnan & Olson
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE did it.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE did it.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE did it.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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What we looked like before
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What we look like now
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“Work gets done quicker…I save about an hour a day in a team room” -- Developer
“It’s about the people…sharing and growing is what makes it awesome” -- UX Designer
“Energy and creativity much higher…team rooms like a place where there is action” -- Management
“I walk into a team room & everyone needed to answer a question is there.. issues resolved much quicker” -- Architect
“It’s funny…privacy just seems less of an issue now. I can have most personal conversations in front of my team members, they know me better and I trust them.” -- Developer
What our department has to say..
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Start small
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Make it fun
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Let the “users” design their space
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Let the “users” design their space
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▪What is “Sitting Together”▪Why should we Sit Together?▪Why we DON’T Sit Together.. the barriers▪How WE did it.. and how YOU can▪What about distributed teams?
Today we’re going to talk about..
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Smart staffing, smart travel
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Leverage technology to enrich communication
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▪…shortens the feedback loop▪…reduces the cost of asking questions▪…enables “osmotic communication”▪…creates focus▪…promotes innovation ▪…builds relationships and trust
Sitting Together…
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▪…start small▪…make it fun▪…let “users” collaboratively design space▪…be conscious of adoption curve▪…create a multi-dimensional solution▪…lead by example
To do it…