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Remote Agile Software Teams: Worth the Risk?
The webinar discusses the transition from co-located teams and traditional waterfall processes to distributed agile teams, highlighting the benefits and risks involved. Key challenges include communication barriers, sustainability issues, and the loss of control, with suggested solutions focusing on enhanced communication tools, self-organizing teams, and strong relationship building. The speakers emphasize the importance of building trust and camaraderie among remote team members to ensure effective collaboration.
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- 1. #MMwebinar Remote Agile SoftwareTeams Worth the Risk? Webinar
- 2. #MMwebinar Who are we?Why are we here? Craig Knighton, VP Strategic Consulting ● 30 years of product development engineering, test and management experience ● Early adopter of Agile ● Advocate for test automation and role of Software Test teams in Agile methodology Jamie Bolseth, President ● 20 years of software development, product strategy and management experience ● Agile enthusiast ● Operational experience leading and growing software teams in 6 different countries
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- 4. #MMwebinar Agenda 01: Then: TheGood Ol’ Days 02: Change Happens 03: Today 04: Is It Worth The Risk? 05: Challenge: Communication 06: Challenge: Sustainability 07: Challenge: Loss of Control 08: Conclusion:
- 5. #MMwebinar Co-located Teams: ● Samecompany ● Same office space Then: The Good Ol’ Days
- 6. #MMwebinar Then: The GoodOl’ Days Waterfall Process ● Command and control ● Ad-Hoc, heroics
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- 8. #MMwebinar Why? Shortage of TechTalent Negative unemployment and expanding need across industries
- 9. #MMwebinar Why? Economics Shortages drive laborcost inflation
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- 11. #MMwebinar Instincts Were Wrong Co-locatedTeams Waterfall Process
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- 13. #MMwebinar Today: Distributed, Agile, Self-Organized,Sustainable Talent: Geographically distributed Process: Agile & iterative Teams: Self-organized Economics: Optimized
- 14. #MMwebinar Is It WorthThe Risk?
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- 16. #MMwebinar Challenge: Communication. Language barriersLack of face-to-face communication Misunderstandings Overlap in work schedules
- 17. #MMwebinar Solution: Distributed Lifestyle Individualsand companies need to embrace Escalation of communication tools
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- 20. #MMwebinar It’s fun atthe start. Blame game Feels less productive at first Lack of commitment Challenge: Sustainability.
- 21. #MMwebinar Choose your location andtime zone carefully. Friendships need to form. Relocation: Just ask - sometimes people surprise you. Continuous improvement - retrospectives Solution: Embrace Agile, Self Organizing Teams
- 22. #MMwebinar Challenge: Loss ofControl.
- 23. #MMwebinar Everyone’s job just changed- Who’s got what? Subject matter expertise Acquired teams with different tools and processes Dependencies across geographies Challenge: Loss of Control
- 24. #MMwebinar Continuous integration (Check-in/build/deploy/test) Divide byrole rather than by product. Self-sufficient feature teams Solution: Integrated Teams
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- 29. #MMwebinar Align everyone tothe mission of the team. Relationships Matter
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- 31. #MMwebinar Humanize your team withvideo. Everyone has a name. Everyone develops. Relationships Matter
- 32. #MMwebinar Build strong relationships encouragingperiodic travel in both directions. Relationships Matter
- 33. #MMwebinar Have fun. A senseof humor matters. Relationships Matter
- 34. #MMwebinar More Resources Want evenmore? Download our companion eBook.
- 35. #MMwebinar Questions?? Thinking big, designingsmart and developing fast for all-sized screens, projects and teams.
- 36. #MMwebinar Thank you. Jamie Bolseth President MentorMate CraigKnighton VP Strategic Consulting MentorMate