working in distributed remote teams
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Working indistributed teamsWorkflows, Tools and methods for efficient remote team work.
About me
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Dipl. Inf. Manuel PistnerFounder and CEO
Bright Solutions GmbHBased in Darmstadt
Founded in 2006
21 employees (9 remote)
Web- and mobile applications to improve efficiency of business processes
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Why ?
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Hire the best team possible
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Why ?
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Create a culture for a better work life balance
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Why ?
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Reduce costs of passive inventory
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Why ?
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Scalability becomes much easier
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11 best practises
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What really worked*
*and what didn't
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Create a vision
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Your team should know how to win and why.Otherwise you will loose lots of money and motivation.
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Involve your team
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Define clear processes
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Processes help your team to stay focused.They ensure that each work step contributesto the overall results.
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Use technology
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To support your processes and your team.
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Automate
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To release your team from administration work.
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Measure
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Measure your work and team performance.Set SMART and objective goals.
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Reward
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Define incentives to let your team participate on success.
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Work together
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Its not the goal to work alone.Its the goal to work interactive together.
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Meet personally
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Personal contact can't, NEVER, be replaced.Create moments of team success.
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Give Feedback
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Feedback must become a part of your culture ofcontinuous improvement.
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Foster agility
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Improve continuously yourprocesses, tools, methods
Tools
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● Code versioning (GIT, SVN)
● Task and project management (JIRA, Trello, Wrike, Basecamp, ERPAL ...)
● Chat / Message queue (Slack, Skype)
● Centrale platform for integrated business processes(Integration platform, ERPAL, custom solution)
● Avoid emails! Not transparent, not integrated, not accountable
● Video Chat (Google Hangout, Skype)
● Resource planning (Teambookapp, Resourceguru)
● Time tracking (Mite, Toggle. ERPAL)
● Google Apps (Calendar, File sharing, ATTENTION: respect privacy!)
Methods
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Kanban: Start not more than 5 tasks in parallel. Get things done!
Agile (Scrum): Plan, work, measure, improve.
Open Innovation: Central pool for innovation and ideas. Everybody can join.
Groups of interest: Allows the team to spend time on improvements.
Result oriented: Reaching objectives is the goal, not the delivered working time.
Communication: Rather over communicate then do less communication. Separate between synchronous and asynchronous communications as wells.
=> Support all methods by automation and digital tools accessible from anywhere.
Requirements
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The company
● Trust in processes and team members● See flexibility as a chance● Build a solid communication structure● Innovative● Create a working culture in the team
The team members
● Discipline● Sense of responsibility● Highly self-motivated● Well structured work habits
Questions and answers?
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