The document outlines strategies for effective remote teamwork within distributed teams, emphasizing the importance of hiring skilled individuals and fostering a culture that prioritizes work-life balance. It provides best practices such as defining clear processes, utilizing technology, and encouraging continuous improvement through feedback and personal interaction. Additionally, it suggests specific tools and methods like Kanban and agile practices to enhance collaboration and productivity.

1. Working in
distributed teams
Workflows, Tools and methods for efficient remote team work.

2. About me
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Dipl. Inf. Manuel Pistner
Founder and CEO
Bright Solutions GmbH
Based in Darmstadt
Founded in 2006
21 employees (9 remote)
Web- and mobile applications to
improve efficiency of business processes

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Why ?
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Hire the best team possible

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Why ?
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Create a culture for a better work life balance

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Why ?
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Reduce costs of passive inventory

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Why ?
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Scalability becomes much easier

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11 best practises
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What really worked*
*and what didn't

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Create a vision
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Your team should know how to win and why.
Otherwise you will loose lots of money and motivation.

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Involve your team
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Define clear processes
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Processes help your team to stay focused.
They ensure that each work step contributes
to the overall results.

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Use technology
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To support your processes and your team.

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Automate
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To release your team from administration work.

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Measure
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Measure your work and team performance.
Set SMART and objective goals.

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Reward
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Define incentives
to let your team participate on success.

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Work together
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Its not the goal to work alone.
Its the goal to work interactive together.

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Meet personally
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Personal contact can't, NEVER, be replaced.
Create moments of team success.

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Give Feedback
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Feedback must become a
part of your culture of
continuous improvement.

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Foster agility
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Improve continuously your
processes, tools, methods

19. Tools
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● Code versioning (GIT, SVN)
● Task and project management (JIRA, Trello, Wrike, Basecamp, ERPAL ...)
● Chat / Message queue (Slack, Skype)
● Centrale platform for integrated business processes
(Integration platform, ERPAL, custom solution)
● Avoid emails! Not transparent, not integrated, not accountable
● Video Chat (Google Hangout, Skype)
● Resource planning (Teambookapp, Resourceguru)
● Time tracking (Mite, Toggle. ERPAL)
● Google Apps (Calendar, File sharing, ATTENTION: respect privacy!)

20. Methods
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Kanban: Start not more than 5 tasks in parallel. Get things done!
Agile (Scrum): Plan, work, measure, improve.
Open Innovation: Central pool for innovation and ideas. Everybody can join.
Groups of interest: Allows the team to spend time on improvements.
Result oriented: Reaching objectives is the goal, not the delivered working time.
Communication: Rather over communicate then do less communication.
Separate between synchronous and asynchronous communications as wells.
=> Support all methods by automation and digital tools accessible from anywhere.

21. Requirements
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The company
● Trust in processes and team members
● See flexibility as a chance
● Build a solid communication structure
● Innovative
● Create a working culture in the team
The team members
● Discipline
● Sense of responsibility
● Highly self-motivated
● Well structured work habits

22. Questions and answers?
pistner@brightsolutions.de
brightsolutions.de/newsletter
brightsolutions.de
@tweetsBS @ManuelPistner
fb.me/brightsolutions.gmbh
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