Technically Distributed - Tools and Techniques for Distributed Teams

Thursday, August 12, 2010

A Bit About Cory Thursday, August 12, 2010

The State of Software Thursday, August 12, 2010

How Collocated Are We? 1% 17% 28% 13% 41% Same Building Collocated Driving Distance Some Very Distant Other Ambysoft 2009 Survey - Courtesy of Scott Ambler Thursday, August 12, 2010

Distributed versus Dispersed USA Team 3 Groups of Team USA Europe team Team members in Distributed 1 4 different Headquarters Team locations Team 5 2 India Tampa Germany Rod Individual Dispersed Bob Joan team NYC members in Team 1 Will different Rich Julia 3rd Floor locations Sara Thursday, August 12, 2010

6 Distance is expensive Kim Pat Programming in pairs 12 people: Kim Pat = $100,000 / yr penalty 12 people Kim = $300,000 / yr penalty Pat “Managing the Flow of Technology” “Distance Matters” ©Alistair Cockburn 2009 Thursday, August 12, 2010

7 Face-to-face is the most effective - Try Video 2 people at Communication Effectiveness whiteboard 2 people on phone w er) A ns Videotape n d- (Courtesy of Thoughtworks, inc.) io n-a e st 2 people u (Q on chat r) n-A nswe Paper estio (N o Qu Richness of communication channel ©Alistair Cockburn 2009 Thursday, August 12, 2010

Challenges Timezones Communication Incidental Communication Culture Overhead Image From: http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3914729343 Thursday, August 12, 2010

Self Organization Totally Totally Conditions for Self-Organizing Constrained Unconstrained Self-Organization System System System Permeable boundaries are good Container Strong, Small Weak, Large enough to let the system self-organize Differences that are Many, or Every constraining / Significant Hidden or not Difference is Equally unconstraining the Differences acknowledged Acknowledged system are identified and worked through Meaningful contacts Transforming Many, Top-Down among agents Few, Trivial Exchanges Only, Tight Coupling forming the patterns in the system From Facilitating Organizational Change: Lessons from Complexity Science Image From: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystaljingsr/3914729343 Thursday, August 12, 2010

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Tips and Techniques “Teams need Interpersonal Aggression...” “...they must be driven to be engaged”. -Peter Provost (personal conversation) Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques 5 Tips from Microsoft P&P •Focus on Communication •Plan to Travel •Team Distribution •Focus on Coaching the Team •Distribution of Work http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/a/44a2cebd-63fb-4379-898d-9cf24822c6cc/distributed_agile_development_at_microsoft_patterns_and_practices.pdf Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Simulate Whiteboards Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Use Collaborative Tools Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Enable Face-to-Face Communication Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Keep Reminders of Who’s “There” In a seating chart, you put Post-It notes with all of the people who are present in the room and on the phone, adding and removing as people “leave” Thanks to Mark Kilby with Rally Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Collaborate with requirements Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Collaborate with retrospectives Thursday, August 12, 2010

Tips and Techniques Keep At It! •Pay attention to what is going on •Look for blockers in Communication •Reach out to People •Whole Team Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools Thursday, August 12, 2010

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