STARTING A
COLLABORATION
REVOLUTION
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WHY COLLABORATE?

LESS

FRUSTRATION
WHY COLLABORATE?

BETTER

PERFORMANCE
HIGH

PERFORMANCE
PEOPLE
HIGH

PERFORMANCE
PEOPLE
things getting more complicated
separate teams:
hardware & software
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HIGH

PERFORMANCE
TEAMS
BLIND UNDERSTANDING

CAN CHANGE TACTICS

CRITIQUE CULTURE

CLEAR GOALS

TRANSPARENT STATS

EXCHANGEABLE
PRODUCTIVITY
COMMUNICATION
40%

OF PRODUCTIVITY
is directly
connected to

COMMUNICATION
70%

INFORMATION
EXCHANGE

30%
30%

INFORMATION
EXCHANGE

70%

should be
EMPOWER
STOP CONTROLLING
YOUR TEAM

EVERYTHING
STAND UP AGAINST
PHYSICAL
ISOLATION
WHAT'S YOUR

WORKSPACE

LIKE?
DO NOT
DISTURB ME!

SPONTANEOUS

CONVERSATION?
CHAT

HERE?
BOSS

HIDE HERE!
A PLACE FOR

COLLABORATION
NO BARRIERS
FOR
COLLABORATION
no walls
SPACE TO
TALK
it 's OK to chat with me
SEE WHO'S
OCCUPIED
transpar

ent meet

ing room
s
flexible

OPEN & CLOSED
WE BUILT PORTALS!

Camera

TV
Mac mini
A PLACE FOR

CONCENTRATION
I DON'T WANT
TO BE
DISTURBED!
closed door, but
visible
headphones indicate
unavailability

DO NOT

DISTURB
ME!
DISTURB
JUST ME!
DO NOT

DISTURB
THE REST
phone booth
LITTLE WIERD
SITS CLOSE TO THE BOSS
THINKS TOO HARD

TURNS KNOBS
EASILY EXCITED
YELLS IN EMERGENCIES
Oper
at

Develo
p

ions

ers

LITTLE WIERD
SITS CLOSE TO THE BOSS
THINKS TOO HARD

TURNS KNOBS
EASILY EXCITED
YELLS IN EMERGENCIES
one tea

m
AVOID

SPECIALIST ISOLATION!
CROSS FUNCTIONAL
TEAMS

great tester

amazing designer

cool developers
incredible product owner
JUST

That 's n

ot DevO

CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS ?

ps
SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE
AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER
STAND UP AGAINST
COMMUNICATION
BARRIERS
PLACES

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

1
WHEN WORKING REMOTE...
COLLABORATION IS HARD
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

Collocated
teams
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

people move
to where they
want to live
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

people want to
work where
they're productive
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

people want
to work while
travelling
WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

geolocation is
not the limit
for teams
PEOPLE

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

2
WHERE DO POEPLE
HIDE INFORMATION?
Emails

Excel sheets

Word Docs
Is that the best place to store information?
information exchanged?

she has
no idea
TIMING

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

3
SYNCHRONOUS WORK
ASYNCHRONOUS
WORK
Productivity
Produc

tivity
NUMBERS

2
hours/day
recovering from distractions

80
%

of interruptions are considered trivial
Source: atlss.in/TimeWaster
MEETING

effective time
in between?

MEETING

effective time
in between?

MEETING
MEETING

effective time in between!

MEETING
PLACE

TIMING

PEOPLE
What

COMMUNICATION

helps

?

BARRIER
TAKE SOME PILLS
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INVOLVE EVERYBODY
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One Day Later

One Week Later
INVOLVE EVERYBODY INDEPENDENT OF

Place

Role

Time
MAKE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND
AGREE
DISAGREE
CLARIFY
QUESTIONS?
THE ANSWER IS OUT THERE
THE ANSWER IS OUT THERE
QUESTIONS?
for everybody

QUESTIONS? GIVE ANSWERS ONCE!
agile methodologies.

ASK A QUESTION
Ask a question
ANSWERS

QUESTIONS
SEARCH RESULTS
early
Beta - atlassian.com/questions

2014
CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT BARRIERS
WHO USES

Chat

?
Confluence
Developer

Design Team

Enterprise
Discussions

JUST THE CONVERSATIONS YOU NEED

Chat Rooms
Chat

IS GREAT FOR REMOTE CONVERSATIONS
...and local!

PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THE ZONE
Chat

IS GREAT FOR DIFFERENT TIMEZONES

THE CHAT RECORDS ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT
Chat

CAN PULL PEOPLE INTO CONVERSATIONS
with ease
JUST @MENTION SOMEONE
Chat

CAN BE TURNED OFF
Sit down, we
need to talk
JUST IF YOU CAN'T AVOID MEETINGS
comin

g soo

Google
HangOut

HipChat
Video

n

Skype
JUST IF YOU CAN'T AVOID MEETINGS
NEEDS MORE RESTRICTIONS

GET USED TO IT

WORKS UP TO 4 PEOPLE

perso
nal
exper
ience

VIDEO
MEETINGS
DEFINITELY TIMEBOXED
STAND UP AGAINST
FOGGY
GOALS
HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER?
WHAT MATTERS TO US?
ON WHAT DO WE FOCUS?
WHAT ARE YOUR

COMPANY VALUES?
Customer Orientation
Discipline
Quality
Risk Taking
Great Place to Work
Results Orientation

Open Company, No Bullshit
Build with Heart and Balance
Don't #@!% the Customer
Play, as a Team
Be the Change You Seek
YOU DON'T SET CORE VALUES,
YOU DISCOVER CORE VALUES
Jim Collins
CLEAR GOALS FOR THE COMPANY
CLEAR GOALS FOR EVERYONE

DISCUSS
TRANSPARENT GOALS
FINE TUNE GOALS

CHECK FREQUENTLY

GOAL REVIEW
SHORT & LONG TERM
SCOPE CHANGE
GOAL REVIEW

don't allow
ghost goals
WE NEED CLEAR & TRANSPARENT GOALS
FOR EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION
STAND UP AGAINST
IMPERSONAL
ENVIRONMENTS
PEOPLE
BRING

PEOPLE

TOGETHER

...and get personal
ONE

WAY

ONE

EVENT
FACEWALL
FACEWALL
Be

VISIBLE & SHARE EXPERIENCES
YOU'RE
NOT

CHUCK
NORRIS
COLLABORATION
...there is no switch
EVERYONE
HAS A VOICE

TRANSPARENT
GOALS

INFORMATION
FLOWS FREELY

NO PHYSICAL
BARRIERS

GET PERSONAL
WORK GETS
DONE
THANKS

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Starting a Collaboration Revolution