In this episode, Steven R. Baker, shares his experiences facilitating a remote team in Canada, his philosophies that led to working remotely,
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Show Notes:
Steven R. Baker (twitter / blog)
01:10 – Steven Introduction & Background
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- Writing software between 10-20 years
- Focus on testing and developing high quality software
- For the last 8-10 years, working from home
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02:01 – Working from the road
03:07 – VersaPay: Bank transfers in Canada
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5 developers and a designer
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Coordinate work with office in Toronto
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Don’t know where team members are working from on a given day and don’t care
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05:16 – Coordinating
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Optional daily standup
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Mailing lists
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06:34 – Managing the distribution of work
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Take the next story at the top of the backlog
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Rotate through the team every two weeks to have a new Q&A/support person
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08:03 – Avoiding knowledge silos
10:15 – Looping others into a project
11:33 – Philosophy that led to working remotely
15:04 – Finding business
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- Conferences
- Develop personal connections
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17:23 – Facilitating/encouraging a remote team
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- Maintain a culture of openness and trust
- Standup format: “What are you working on right now?”
- Utilizing tools
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25:41 – Team building offsite days