Distributed insights for distributed teams. The week’s best posts about dispersed teams and remote work, from around the web. In this edition: seminars from successful distributed team leaders, an article…
Month: October 2010
Retrospectives for Dispersed Teams
Many agile teams practice regular retrospectives – meetings where they evaluate review recent progress, events, and challenges, gauge the team’s mood, and propose changes to the way they work. For…
Avoid meeting hiccups with a dress rehearsal
Coordinating a large remote meeting can seem like putting on a major stage production. Make sure your meetings go off without a hitch by practicing first. Picture this: it’s time…
Wide Teams Podcast #17: Ruby DCamp 2010 Part 2
Part 2 of a three-part series. This is a recording of a round-table discussion on distributed software teams held at the Ruby DCamp 2010 unconference in northern Virginia. http://media.wideteams.com/wide-teams-podcast-episode-17-ruby-dcamp-2010-part-2.mp3Podcast: Play…
Wide Links #12: Agility, Attitude, Independence
A sampling of the week’s best articles about distributed teams and remote work, from around the web. This week, notes on distributed agile software development; an article that says changing…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 16: Ruby DCamp 2010 Part 1
This episode is part 1 in a three-part series capturing a roundtable discussion of dispersed team issues held at the Ruby DCamp 2010 unconference in northern Virginia. http://media.wideteams.com/wide-teams-podcast-episode-16-ruby-dcamp-2010-part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in…
The Endless Break
Everyone needs to take a break from time to time, especially if you’ve been collaborating closely for an hour or more. But when working together remotely, breaks have a way…
Wide Links #11: Trust, Balance, Camping
For your reading enjoyment, a fresh batch of links from around the web! In this installment: building trust on distributed teams, maintaining balance at home when home IS work, and…
Wide Teams Podcast Episode 15: Intridea
Intridea is one of the largest fully dispersed software companies that I’m aware of, and they are still growing fast. I’ve talked to them before – back in episode 9,…
Wide Links #10: Left coast edition
I’m in LA this week, meeting up with one of my dispersed software teams in person for the first time. As a result I don’t have a lot of time…