5 Challenges of Telecommuting
Telecommuting may not be for all people. You are alone and you have to collaborate with others. You are not likely to interact with your coworkers extensively or get to know them on the same personal...
View ArticleOsmotic Communication: Flawed Communication Practices
A communication plan, you should have one in place anyway. Whether your team is all in one building, room, or distributed; a plan to deal with how everyone communicates is critical to the success of...
View ArticleOpen Offices Suck
Background noises, a dozen conversations, and coworkers gnashing on their lunch. The ring of someone’s phone every couple of minutes, an impromptu meeting being carried out that has nothing to do with...
View ArticleFace-2-Face Communication May Not Be Needed
“The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” – Agile Manifesto; Beck, K. et al (2001). Face-to-face communication is...
View ArticleDistributed Agile Teams and the Telecommuting Naysayers
There are a lot of beliefs out there about telecommute/remote working environments that are just plain false. People seem to have the belief that if I cannot see you, we cannot possibly collaborate...
View ArticleTelecommuting Teams with Agile Projects
Article on the PMI ProjectManagement.com Knowledge Base: Telecommuting Teams with Agile Projects It may seem counter to the “rules” of agile, but distributed, telecommuting agile teams can be more...
View ArticleDistributed Teams or Co-located Teams in Agile
Which is more effective, a distributed team or a co-located one? I am not convinced that a co-located team is more effective. I don’t care how many times you say it, I need more proof than the one...
View ArticleA Meeting About Nothing: Team Building Without Team Building
Most people don’t usually enjoy team building activities. You might get them to play along in team building games, and for some teams that may work, but they would rather be elsewhere. These are...
View ArticleThe Distributed Workforce is Exposing Flaws in Business Communication
We can get away with having lazy communication practices in a co-located team or single building environment. In a co-located team we have accidents and chance encounters that help fill in the gap that...
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