getting started with a remote team
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IAN GRUNERT • DEVELOPER • ATLASS IAN • @iangrunert
Getting Started with a Remote TeamTRANSATLANTIC AGILE
JIRA Engineering Health
BOTTLENECKS
COMMUNICATION
US + THEM MENTALITY
Challenges with Remote Teams
1.Unify your Remote and Local Hiring
2.Face time
3.Local advocate
Three strategies
Unify your remote and local hiring
Nothing beats face-time
Travel Planning
67Versions
17Collaborators
Have a local advocate for the remote team
1.Unify your Remote and Local Hiring
2.Face time
3.Local advocate
Recap
Challenges with Remote Teams
BOTTLENECKS
COMMUNICATION
US + THEM MENTALITY
1.Clearly communicate team goals
2.Local Rooms and Virtual Standups in Hipchat
3.Oversharing using Atlassian Tools
Three strategies
Team Missionv
Epicsv
Stories for a Sprint
Oversharing is key
Use everything at your disposal to push your
message
Team Landing Page
Share thoughts via Confluence
Share wins via blog posts
1.Clearly communicate team goals
2.Local Rooms and Virtual Standups in Hipchat
3.Oversharing using Atlassian Tools
Recap
Challenges with Remote Teams
BOTTLENECKS
COMMUNICATION
US + THEM MENTALITY
1.Bottlenecks can be good at first
2.Avoid stepping on each others toes
3.Push for local responsibility and expertise
Three strategies
(Some) bottlenecksare good!
Pull Requests
... but most bottlenecksare bad.
Merge PRs, fix feedback from across the pond after being merged.
More local expertise.
1.Bottlenecks can be good at first
2.Avoid stepping on each others toes
3.Push for local responsibility and expertise
Recap
IAN GRUNERT • DEVELOPER • ATLASS IAN • @iangrunert
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