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Wide Teams Podcast Episode 3: Interview with Mike Zazaian, Part 1

Posted on June 28, 2010May 14, 2012

In part 1, Mike talks about how he got into remote work, SCRUM iterations versus Kanban, why it’s important to assume nothing when communicating with remote coworkers – and much, much more.

http://media.wideteams.com/wide-teams-podcast-episode-003-mike-zazaian-p1.mp3

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Show Notes:

01:00 – Mike Zazaian introduction, history & background

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  • Remote worker for 4 years
  • PHP work, project management in L.A., C-Sharp, Java, .NET

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02:02 – Key to remote work

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  • Rigorous communication and organization
  • Better to be sure than miss something
  • Structuring thoughtful emails
  • State of the project emails
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Teamwide communication

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05:30 – Importance of daily state of the project emails

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  • Look at every day as nobody knows anything
  • Item by item completion
  • Flexible milestones
  • Doesn’t assume arbitrary temporal segments of work to be done
  • What is today, may not be the same tomorrow

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08:20 – Mike and remote work

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  • Values freedom
  • Background in English and Film Studies
  • Rails as an art form
  • Environments are crucial
  • Everybody has business value
  • Perceptible value of happiness

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14:40 – Making remote work successful

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  • Convey the quality of work as a developer
  • Convey business value
  • Sell the client on yourself
  • Make the client at ease via communication
  • Developer and project manager communication

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20:40 – Wrap up

20:59 – End

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