IAN GRUNERT • DEVELOPER • ATLASS IAN • @iangrunert

Getting Started with a Remote TeamTRANSATLANTIC AGILE

JIRA Engineering Health

BOTTLENECKS

COMMUNICATION

US + THEM MENTALITY

Challenges with Remote Teams

1.Unify your Remote and Local Hiring

2.Face time

3.Local advocate

Three strategies

Unify your remote and local hiring

Nothing beats face-time

Travel Planning

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Have a local advocate for the remote team

1.Unify your Remote and Local Hiring

2.Face time

3.Local advocate

Recap

Challenges with Remote Teams

BOTTLENECKS

COMMUNICATION

US + THEM MENTALITY

1.Clearly communicate team goals

2.Local Rooms and Virtual Standups in Hipchat

3.Oversharing using Atlassian Tools

Three strategies

Team Missionv

Epicsv

Stories for a Sprint

Oversharing is key

Use everything at your disposal to push your

message

Team Landing Page

Share thoughts via Confluence

Share wins via blog posts

1.Clearly communicate team goals

2.Local Rooms and Virtual Standups in Hipchat

3.Oversharing using Atlassian Tools

Recap

Challenges with Remote Teams

BOTTLENECKS

COMMUNICATION

US + THEM MENTALITY

1.Bottlenecks can be good at first

2.Avoid stepping on each others toes

3.Push for local responsibility and expertise

Three strategies

(Some) bottlenecksare good!

Pull Requests

... but most bottlenecksare bad.

Merge PRs, fix feedback from across the pond after being merged.

More local expertise.

1.Bottlenecks can be good at first

2.Avoid stepping on each others toes

3.Push for local responsibility and expertise

Recap

IAN GRUNERT • DEVELOPER • ATLASS IAN • @iangrunert

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