10 ways to work effectively as a distributed team - nick pellow

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NICK PELLOW • DEVELOPMENT MANAGER • ATLASSIAN • @NIICK

Collaborating in a distributed team:How the FishEye/Crucible team work

Who are we?

W h o a re w e ?

What are we building ?!

!

Team setup

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1. The elements

Communication

Strong leaders

Quality hiring

No silos

Travel

2. Release Planning

3. Spiking and Speccing

4. Project Plan

The Will To Win Means Nothing Without The Will To Prepare.

J u m a I k a n g a a , Ta n z a n i a n m a r a t h o n r u n n e r

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5. Feature Buddies

Feature Buddies. Your second pair of

eyes, ears, and hands that help ensure the

feature you’re leading is on time and of high

quality.

A feature buddy is your buddy,

not your parent.

Feature buddies

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Feature buddies

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6. QA Kick-offs

Ensure quality is a forethought, not an

afterthought.

7. Sprint Planning

Distributed planning poker:

“know when to run ;)”

8. Sprint Demos

9. Standups

10. Staying connected

Thank you!

NICK PELLOW • DEV MANAGER FISHEYE/CRUCIBLE • ATLASSIAN • @NIICK