What makes a mobile team great?

With over 5 billion mobile users around the world, nowadays many businesses depend on apps used by the majority of their customers, and several successful companies have been built on top of a single massively successful app.

But how can you scale your mobile developers’ team efficiency in order to move quickly and avoid stepping on each other’s toes? How do you foster ownership and innovation in a shared mobile app project?

How do you keep consistency between the two different platforms? Tips and tricks from a newly created mobile team!

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1. The 6 essential ingredients for creating a successful (remote) team. WHAT MAKES A MOBILE TEAM GREAT? CHRYSSA ALIFERI - ANDROID CHAPTER LEAD @WITHPLUM
2. Android Chapter Lead @Withplum CHRYSSA
3. A group of people that come together in order to build an app. MOBILE ENGINEERING TEAM A group of people that come together in order to achieve a common goal. TEAM
4. Ingredient no1 PEOPLE
5. HIRING Start with a culture fit Hiring is an investment Trajectory of the individual Hire for character, train skill Don’t hire clones Different levels / Variety of experiences Build the diversity of the team / Inclusivity
6. PEOPLE TRAITS Values over skills Positivity and openness Sense of ownership / Trustworthy / Responsible Self-motivated / Team-oriented Accept constructive criticism / Embrace mistakes Humble
7. Ingredient no2 RELATIONSHIP
8. BUILD RELATIONSHIP Onboarding buddy Morning coffee call / Water-cooler meetings Fun retro / Team bonding activities Invest some time in people Learn about peoples’ interests Connect
9. COLLABORATION “Own what you build. Share what you own” Team catchup meetings Promote inter-team collaboration Pair programming Work “together” / Stay connected through video calls Respect other peoples’ time / Be on time Share useful articles and material
10. Ingredient no3 TOOLS
11. TOOLS Powerful machine / Mobile device for development / Remote setup Asynchronous development / Github issues / Github discussions Engineering wiki online / Online cookbook / Notion Developers website / Documentation online Workspace for documents / presentations / recorded workshops / Google Drive Embrace asynchronous work Work management tool Jira / Asana Always provide meeting links / Slack / Meet / Zoom
12. Ingredient no4 PROCESSES
13. TEAM PROCESSES Hiring process Onboarding for new comers Kick start guide Performance review Vacation policy Training budget policy 
 Volunteering policy
14. MOBILE TECH PROCESSES Project architecture guides Setting common IDE setup Aligning code conventions Git flow Pull Request guidelines Mobile release process Mobile app localization process Dependency handling / Library updating process Testing process Re-evaluate processes
15. Ingredient no5 LEADERSHIP
16. LEADERSHIP Regular 1-1s / Ad hoc 1-1s Write points discussed in a shared document Support people having regular meetings with each other Surveys / OfficeVibe / Peakon / Reflective Inspire people to share knowledge Inspire people to write articles about their work / talk to events Inspire people to lead
17. MENTORSHIP Mentor people on a tech level Set expectations Build together a career plan Coach people on a personal level Assist in communication and means of expression Two-way feedback
18. 1. PEOPLE 2. RELATIONSHIP 3. TOOLS 4. PROCESSES 5. LEADERSHIP 6 ? OUR RECIPE
19. Ingredient no6
20. CARE FOR THE TEAM / FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
21. THANK YOU! QUESTIONS?