C'n'C #29 - IT Project Management
Олексій Лунков
— Project Manager в Atwix.com
— співавтор та викладач курсу IT Project Manager у IT Академії від stfalcon.com
— У минулому International Account Manager у команді RexSoft. Основна спеціалізація – Magento (e-commerce)
— Бігаю, люблю своїх колег, студентів, e-commerce, LEGO та все від Apple ;)
4. 04www.atwix.com
ATWIX IS
WHAT MAKES ATWIX SPECIAL?
‣ 27 employees
‣ In 8 cities
‣ Within 5 countries
‣ And 3 Magento teams that contribute every day — Atwix Task Units
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INTERNAL COMMUNICATION DISEASE SYMPTOMS
PHASE 1 | COMMUNICATION
▸ PITA
▸ Files exchange issues
▸ All public communication is a total mess
▸ Does not foster company’s culture
▸ No integrations
12. 12www.atwix.com
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION DISEASE SYMPTOMS
PHASE 1 | COMMUNICATION
▸ PITA
▸ Clients have to find you in Skype as “live.mawenka_solnuwko_69”
▸ Connection issues
▸ Performance issues
▸ No built in calls recording tool
▸ No advance presenter mode functionality
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WHAT DO WE GET?
PHASE 2 | PROCESSES
▸ Man down — process down
▸ We need more resources to teach newcomers
▸ No clear path to share knowledge
▸ In the end, everything is up to one person’s decision:
communication approach, security, development practice and
many more
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DESTROY THE
INFRASTRUCTURE?
PHASE 3 | INFRASTRUCTURE
▸ Keep hardware outdated
▸ Keep software outdated
▸ Do not unify
▸ Save on office utilities
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DESTROY IT?
PHASE 4 | TEAM’S DEVELOPMENT
▸ Do not rotate people
▸ Do not share knowledge internally and externally
▸ Do not hire senior people
▸ Do not do any team building activities, or, what is even more
effective, do them in a wrong way
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WHAT SHOULD WE ALL BRING HOME TODAY?
TAKEAWAY
▸ The same principles apply to every team, whether distributed or
located in a single office
▸ There are no strict rules, but values that matter whatever the
team you work with is
▸ Destroying something is much easier than it seems