the d files: debunking myths about distributed teams
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The D-Files
Debunking Myths about Distributed Teams
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Who Is This Guy?
• 15+ years doing agile• Different sized companies• Different industries
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What is the Big Myth?
“The most efficient and effective method of conveying information
to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.”–Agile Manifesto, Principle 6
Interpretation: If we have remote workers, we can’t be agile! (whew – change is scary!)
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The Big Myth Isn’t True
It’s a conspiracy, Scully, to make us think we can’t be agile!
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Today’s Teams
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Today’s Teams
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Today’s Teams
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Distributed Is Now
This looks difficult, Mulder.Our team is everywhere!It SEEMS difficult, but there
must be ways to make it work.
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Ceremonies and Meetings
Look – someone says we can’trun ceremonies with remote
teams.
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Ceremonies and Meetings
www.timeanddate.com
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Coordinating Virtual Meetings
• Similar to in-person meetings• Include all meeting info in invite• Start with ice breakers• Use video where possible• Establish working agreements
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Coordinating Across Timezones
• Align ceremonies and meetings to overlap working hours as much as possible
• Shift working hours between team members– Easier if just in US– For off-shore, check to see if it’s possible, but be respectful
of worker safety and work/life balance• Be aware of holidays – they don’t often sync with US• Create fully independent teams that share timezones
www.timeanddate.com
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Daily
Scrum Ceremonies
Vision
2-4 Weeks
Retrospect
PBIBacklog Refinement
PBI
Sprint Planning
SprintDemo/Review
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Team Building
Here’s one about team buildingbeing impossible with remote
teams.
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IM and Workspace Apps
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Team Building
Credit: VeronicaTherese via Wikipedia.org
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Team Building
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=175432
By Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3378013
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Work Collaboration
This one says we can’t collaborate on daily work with
remote teams.
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Work Collaboration
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Persistent Communications
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38347718
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Persistent Communications
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IRC
wiki
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38347718
FlowDock
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Persistent Communications
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IRC
wiki
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38347718
FlowDock
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Working Cultures
Here’s one that says that it’s too difficult to combine teams with
different cultures.
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Culture
Yes, sir! How high, sir?!
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Agile Management
And that we can’t track progress across the team if it’s not all
co-located.
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Agile Management
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Other Considerations
We’ve debunked all those.Did we miss anything, Scully?
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Considerations
IT TeamHR
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Resources
• Check Out– The Year Without Pants – Scott Berkun– CollaborationSuperPowers.com Podcast– ScatterSpoke.com
[email protected]@ArtemisAgileArtemis Agile on YouTube
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Thank you!
Have a great Mile High Agile 2016!