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Good stuff here... I like the suggestion to eschew company-mandated tools.
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Use a bring-your-own-tools (BYOT) model for equipping staff to work remotely:provide an equipment stipend and allow workers to choose their own equipment.
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The new comments system works like a conversation thread on a Facebook, complete with @replies. When someone is tagged in a conversation, they will receive an e-mail notification. The user can then either click-through to the document, or simply respond to the e-mail. All the conversation is captured and stored in Google Docs with the document. If the notifications become too much, users can mute notifications.
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To build that sense of external accountability, start making unprompted promises to deliver work to your colleagues.
I’m not just talking about big-ticket deadlines; I’m talking about everyday tasks that contribute to your colleagues’ projects. Making a commitment to deliver to someone will almost certainly help you to be more disciplined about the way you work, and the way your prioritize what you have to do each day. Having someone else’s expectations to live up to is a great motivator.
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People are usually on their best behavior when trying to land a job, so what you observe in the interview phase of the relationship with your freelancer is probably as good as it gets. If a candidate seems difficult to reach, it’s probably because she is.
Results of a study of 80 software development projects with varying levels of dispersion.
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But dispersion is not only a matter of degree; it is also a matter of kind. Most teams are dispersed on some level. They can be spatially separated (from “across the hall” to “scattered worldwide”), temporally separated (spanning different time zones), configurationally uneven (for example, five members in one location and two in another) and culturally diverse
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Such geographically distributed teams have commonly been referred to as “virtual” teams,2 but that label is something of a misnomer, because these groups are very real with respect to the work they can accomplish.
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One of the most effective tools Taccini has used is a monthly video blog (vlog). "It has been one of the best ways to communicate, supplemented by calls with everyone in my reporting chain," he said. "Even though it's not two-way real time, I get more participation from the vlog. My team sends questions, and they also have Web spaces to create collaboration spaces."
Personally I prefer to use local non-chain coffee shops for an office away from home, but it's great that Starbucks is finally getting free wifi.
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Today, Starbucks launched a plan that offers free Internet access at 11,000 locations.
More and more people are writing about how the virtual office is the office of the future.
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Instead of employing a group of competent generalists, the expectation is now one based on specialists who are productive, efficient, and good at meeting deadlines without someone looking over their shoulder. Are your employees ready and able for this challenge?
There are some terrific concrete tips here on fostering communication in a distributed team. I'm going to be adding some of these to my own remote work repertoire.
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Post a map that shows where your far-flung team members are located. Post pictures of them. (We tend to trust what we can see, and this little gesture can help build trust.)
When you can, share a meal together--even if you are on different continents. Schedule a call, post the pictures, and set the table. Breaking bread together is an ancient sign of hospitality and good will. This simple gesture can help knit the team together. -
When they have a conference call, the frames are placed around the table to remind the people in the room of who else is on the phone.
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Sometimes the transition to remote doesn't go so well...
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Jeff suggested that blaming everything on remote customers and remote developers is just a way to find excuses. According to him, he has done several projects in distributed mode and those have had excellent results. The real solution is a commitment to succeed by both the team and the organization.
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