Over the last 9 years I have worked remotely in a corporation, in an international startup and in my own company. I would like to share my experience and discuss how to approach challenges such as: * How to apply an Agile/Scrum approach in distributed teams. * How to hold an effective remote Daily Standup meeting * How to handle time differences and synchronise work * What to do when teams are separated not only by distance but cultural differences and completely different attitude towards life * How to agree on requirements with a client you have never seen * And finally: How to stay awake during teleconferences ;-) If these challenges sound familiar, this presentation is for you.

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How to stay awake
during teleconferences?
Paweł Wrzeszcz
Agile Coach & Trainer

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9 years working remotely

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4 TYPES
OF REMOTE WORK

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1. REMOTE
WORK
2. WORKING WITH
A REMOTE CLIENT
3. TEAMS
COLLABORATING
REMOTELY
4. DISTRIBUTED
TEAM

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PRACA ZDALNA
VS. WSPÓŁPRACA ZDALNA
1. REMOTE
WORK

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2. WORKING WITH
A REMOTE CLIENT

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3. TEAMS
COLLABORATING REMOTELY

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4. DISTRIBUTED
TEAM

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1. REMOTE
WORK
2. WORKING WITH
A REMOTE CLIENT
3. TEAMS
COLLABORATING
REMOTELY
4. DISTRIBUTED
TEAM

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1. REMOTE
WORK

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REMOTE WORK
provides
requires
doesn’t fulfill
REMOTE WORK
provides FLEXIBILITY

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REMOTE WORK
provides
requires
doesn’t fulfill
REMOTE WORK
provides FLEXIBILITY
requires SELF-MOTIVATION

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REMOTE WORK
provides FLEXIBILITY
requires SELF-MOTIVATION
doesn’t fulfil SOCIAL NEEDS

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REMOTE WORK
provides FLEXIBILITY
requires SELF-MOTIVATION
doesn’t fulfil SOCIAL NEEDS

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Encouraging self-motivation
Virtual office buzz

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Virtual office buzz
- Notifications
- Chat
- Push-to-talk
- Pair programming, code review

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“Commit as often as you can”

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Bottom line:
Reconsider you motivation

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2. WORKING WITH
A REMOTE CLIENT

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HAVE YOU EVER MET
YOUR CLIENT?

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Business requirements need clarification
E-MAIL or a CALL?

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Business requirements need clarification
E-MAIL or a CALL?

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Communication pattern
ASYNC, ASYNC, SYNC

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Communication pattern
SHARED NOTES

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Bottom line:
It’s hard to build trust remotely
RESULTS & KEEPING PROMISES

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3. TEAMS
COLLABORATING
REMOTELY

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DIFFERENT TIME ZONES
DIFFERENT CULTURES
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE

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source: Tomasz Borek, https://prezi.com/idw5l3irb0ga/wesele/
TROMPENAARS DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE
Independence Interdependence
Truth over peace Peace over truth
Tasks Relationships

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FACE TO FACE MEETINGS
“You’ll pay for it anyway. Either you pay
for the flights or for less productivity.”
Jutta Eckstein

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DIFFERENT TIME ZONES

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DIFFERENT TIME ZONES
Alone Time
Extreme Asynchronicity
Screencasts

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BOTTOM LINE
Asynchronicity uncovers organisational silos

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50 METERS
Professor Thomas J. Allen, MIT

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4. DISTRIBUTED
TEAM

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HOW TO GROW DISTRIBUTED TEAM?
HOW TO MAKE COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVE?

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Case:
Company-wide
“Standup”
Technical -> Social
- Initially: 3 questions
- Now: moods
- “The Fourth Question”

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Bottom line:
Distributed
meetings are
extremely boring

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Virtual office buzz
F2F meetings
Already mentioned
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Communication pattern
UNSOLICITED ADVICE = COMMITMENT

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MEETINGS
TRUST
VISIBILITY

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WRAP-UP

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Virtual office buzz
Async, async, sync
Shared notes
Extreme Asynchronicity
Unsolicited advice = commitment
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ASYNC, SYNC, F2F

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http://www.myremoteadvantage.com/
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/1576253027
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http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/detail.php?in_spseqno=9051
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffk/743250374
PHOTO CREDITS

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Thank you!
Questions?
Paweł Wrzeszcz
Agile Coach & Trainer