Asynchronous Work and Remote Teams

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Asynchronous work and remote teams

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If anyone is remote...

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You are a distributed team

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Everyone could be remote

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You are always a distributed team

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How

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Focus on communication

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Asynchronous communication channels • Stop expecting immediate responses • Public, by default • Permanent, by default

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Policy by Pull Request • Discussions are public • Decisions are transparent • Everyone is encouraged to contribute

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Regular retrospectives • Concentrate on problems and solutions rather than people • Address issues early • Keep conversations transparent

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Remote pairing • tmux • Tuple

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I write down all the things I did wrong so someone else doesn't have to

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Documentation • One central source of truth • Everybody writes their own documentation • Leave every project better than you found it

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Internal blogging • Today I Learned • Case studies • Weekly project reports • One weird trick...

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The personal stuff

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Keep track of your people • Are they okay? • Are they productive? • Are they communicative?

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Create opportunities for interaction • Demo sessions • Social sessions • Buy them lunch • Catchup roulette

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Key points • You're already a distributed team, make sure you act like one • Asynchronous work is about communication • Rituals help