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Be#er teams through remote working Simone Carle, // @weppos Be3er So4ware 2014 #BSW14

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Remote Working Pi5alls Tools In Real Life

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WARNING All characters appearing in this work are NOT ficBBous. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is absolutely REAL.

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@weppos

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What is remote working?

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Remote working is a different way of working, with different constraint and processes

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Remote working brings you the freedom to spend as much Hme as you can in the places you love

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Remote working permits a flexibility and freedom that increases your quality of life

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Remote working increases team producHvity by encouraging focusing and reducing Hme waste

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Remote working can drasHcally cut down company costs and expenses

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Remote working encourages habits of communicaHon and collaboraHon that can make a team objecHvely be3er

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But only if it's done well

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Remote working is not suitable for everyone

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Remote working is not a panacea for all that ails the modern workplace

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Does it work?

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Does it work?

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Dispersed teams can act.ally out3erfor5 g7oups that are collocated. — MITSloan Does it work?

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Approximately 69 percent of the employees sur>eyed cited higher productivit@ when working remote, and 75 percent of those sur>eyed said the timeliness of their work improved. — Cisco via Help Scout Does it work?

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By telecommuting, 83 percent of employees said their abilit@ to communicate and collaborate with co- workers was the same as, if not beKer than, it was when working on-site. — Cisco via Help Scout Does it work?

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Does it work?

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Does it work?

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Does it work?

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Does it work for everybody?

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NO

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Yahoos can no longer work from home — CNN

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Pi5alls

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CommunicaBon

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Enforce proper (over)communicaHon techniques COMMUNICATION

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Don’t use email internally COMMUNICATION

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Limit face-to-face discussions COMMUNICATION

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Remote by default http://stet.editorially.com/articles/making-remote-teams-work/

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Everyone on the team must adapt to remote working REMOTE BY DEFAULT

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Make sure every team member is at least someHmes remote REMOTE BY DEFAULT

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Office Hours

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Strict office hours don’t play nicely with remote working OFFICE HOURS

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Determine basic availabiliHes based on Hmezones OFFICE HOURS

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Share team availabiliHes OFFICE HOURS

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Timezones

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Schedule your day wisely TIMEZONES

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Plan for async communicaHons TIMEZONES

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Personality

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Remote work is not for everyone PERSONALITY

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Get people that don’t need a manager PERSONALITY

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Remote working requires a proper mindset PERSONALITY

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Meetups

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Face to face meetups are vital MEETUPS

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Encourage company retreats MEETUPS

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Encourage regular hangouts MEETUPS

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Tools

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CommunicaBon CollaboraBon AutomaBon IntegraBon

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CommunicaBon

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History is crucial CHAT

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CHAT Hipchat

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Hangout, if necessary VIDEO

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VIDEO Google Hangout

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No emails EMAIL

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AutomaBon

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BOT github / hubot

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BOT Steve McBots

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BOT Steve McBots

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BOT Steve McBots

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DEPLOY go-remote-control

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DEPLOY Steve McBots + go-remote-control

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TESTING Travis CI

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QUALITY Code Climate

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PROVISIONING Chef

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CollaboraBon

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CODE GitHub

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CODE GitHub CodeReview

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DISCUSSIONS GitHub Pull-Request

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DISCUSSIONS GitHub Pull-Request

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ISSUES GitHub Issues

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DOCUMENTATION GitHub Wiki

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An outdated or inaccurate comment is worse than no comment at all

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IntegraBon

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NOTIFICATION HipChat

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NOTIFICATION HipChat

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NOTIFICATION HipChat

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AGGREGATION Papertrail

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AGGREGATION Papertrail

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IRL

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It’s not all black or white

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You can choose your shade

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And discover that

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You can (safely) deploy on Friday

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You can have more Hme for you

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You can have fun at work

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Thanks. h3p://joind.in/talk/view/12265

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No ananas were harmed in the making of this presentaBon

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QuesBons? @weppos simonecarle^.com