Amela Teftedarija Darko Nikolic THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY Build stronger distributed agile teams Amela Teftedarija Darko Nikolic
Our story…
Distance, does it affect Agile and how?
behind the Agile Manifesto: Principles behind the Agile Manifesto: “The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.” http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html
BENEFITS Hire talented people anywhere Different people create bigger picture Increased flexibility for workers
CHALLANGES?
COMMUNICATION
Communication tools
Meetings
Face to Face contact
DIFFERENT TIME ZONES
MANAGE YOUR TIME
COLLABORATION
Collaboration tools
Language and Cultural differences
Get to know other cultures
Feeling left out?
Make yourself visible!
Every team is a distributed team!
“Strenght doesn’t come from what you can do, it comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t” by Rikki Rogers
THANK YOU Amela Teftedarija @ATeftedarija Amela.Teftedarija@comtrade.com Darko Nikolic @darkonikolic110 Darko.Nikolic@comtrade.com