REMOTE TEAMS CAN BE HIGH ACHIEVING ADAM TOHOVITIS - TECHNICAL LEAD @ REA GROUP | @ATOHOVITIS
MELBOURNE
PERTH
BY SHARING MY EXPERIENCES
GOAL : HOW TO ENABLE A REMOTE TEAM TO BE HIGH ACHIEVING
HISTORY 2015 2011 13 TEAMS 1ST TEAM 87 PEOPLE
REA TYPICAL REMOTE TEAM COMPOSITION
THE PRICING SQUAD ADAM AARON LEI TONG JAY (BA) (TECH LEAD) (PRODUCT OWNER) (LEAD DEV) (DEV) NI JIAJI AUSTIN FRED (DEV) (DEV) (BA) (DELIVERY LEAD) YAOWEI GUANCHENG (DEV) (DEV) PERTH CHINA MELBOURNE
PRICING SQUAD’S HISTORY JAN 2014 APRIL 2014 SQUAD ADAM MOVES FORMED TO PERTH
PRICING SQUAD COMPOSITION
OUR CHALLENGES
COLLABORATION
COMMUNICATION
LANGUAGE BARRIER
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
HOW WE ADDRESSED THESE CHALLENGES
CHOSE REMOTE LOCATIONS CAREFULLY
4HR OVERLAP MINIMUM
ATTRACTIVE TO VISIT
OVER COLLABORATE
AGILE PRACTICES ARE A GREAT FIT
FATTEN THE INFORMATION PIPE
REMOTE STAND UP
REMOTE RETRO
REMOTE RETRO
REMOTE PAIRING
MEETING SMARTS
EMBRACE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
VIDEO CONFERENCING
“ALWAYS ON” VC
SYNCHRONOUS TEXT
ACCESSIBLE CARD WALL
INFORMATION RADIATORS
VIRTUAL WHITEBOARD
I ❤ PULL REQUESTS
REMOTE STORY KICK-OFF
CHOOSE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL APPROPRIATELY
SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
aSYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
RECORD
BUILD A SUCCESSFUL CULTURE
WE ARE AS ONE
REGULAR VISITS
REGULAR VISITS
AIM TO BUILD A SELF SUFFICIENT TEAM
PROMOTE LEARNING CULTURE
PROMOTE LEARNING CULTURE
ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SAFE TO FAIL
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
CELEBRATE SUCCESSES
FINAL THOUGHTS
WORKING WITH REMOTE TEAMS IS EXCITING
REMOTE TEAMS CAN BE HIGH PERFORMING
BUT YOU NEED TO WORK AT IT
LEARNING + REFINEMENT = IMPROVEMENT
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