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How to work with a distributed team

How to work with a distributed team

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How to work with a distributed team

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- Even very agile organizations can't fight the allure of a distributed team. Less expensive, overseas labor markets are an easy way to cut costs. Also, many organizations like the ability to reach out and hire global experts. Either way, there's a good chance that your agile team will have at least one offshore developer. Often these developers are isolated and hamper the team's collaboration. The retrospective is a good event to point out these challenges. The team will need to adapt the process to make sure that everyone is communicating. It can be a real problem for agile teams that depend on work from a developer in a different time zone. One of the biggest challenges is the lack of face to face communication. Even with modern tools, there's still something lost when you're not sitting with someone. Human beings are just wired to receive more useful information from nonverbal cues. Another challenge is…

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