remotely agile? effective interaction with distributed teams

Remotely Agile? Effective Interaction with Distributed Agile Teams

Dorinne HammonsSr. UX Designer, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

@DorinneUXDorinne.Hammons@Kelsey-Seybold.com

Let’s talk about Agile

Agile ManifestoWe are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:• Individuals and interactions over processes and tools•Working software over comprehensive documentation•Customer collaboration over contract negotiation•Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

Agile Principles

4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.11. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.

How is Agile Affected by Distance?

Team OrganizationMeetings

Collaboration

Team Organization

Is this what your coworkers look like?

Individuals, not resources

Cultural Differences

Status Tracking

Meetings

Meeting Tools

Establish Rules

Time Zones

Collaboration

Collaboration Tools

Be Available!

Individuals and interactions

Summary

Team Organization Meetings

Collaboration

Thank you! Dorinne Hammons Sr. UX Designer, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

@DorinneUX Dorinne.Hammons@Kelsey-Seybold.com

Background

References• Agile Alliance - https://www.agilealliance.org • Think globally, code locally: the secret to remote teams - https://

www.atlassian.com/agile/remote-teams • Best Practices for Remotely Managing Agile Teams - http://

www.devx.com/architect/Article/45134 • Agile Development - Working with Agile in a Distributed Team Environment -

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh771057.aspx • Distributed Agile: 8 ways to get more from your distributed teams - http://

www.infoq.com/articles/distributed-agile-8-ways • Successful Distributed Agile Team Working Patterns - http://

www.solutionsiq.com/docs/successful-distributed-team-working-patterns.pdf

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