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Five Tips on Managing a Remote-First Development Team

Most software development teams have gone remote during the pandemic - and may stay remote even after the lockdowns. Managing remote-first teams is a challenge. Knowing how to do it right can make or break the experience for everyone. Here are five things you can do to succeed as an engineering manager.

Marcelo Wiermann
on Mar 08, 2022
Culture & Methods

Building an Effective and Enjoyable Remote Onboarding Experience

The onboarding experience will make up the new hire’s first impression of your team and company, so it’s really the ideal place to set standards, and therefore requires thoughtful planning, patience, and compassion. In this article, I will dive into some of my own learnings as I onboarded new team members remotely as well as my own wonderful experience joining a new organisation in 2021!

Kate Wardin
on Feb 17, 2022
Culture & Methods

Hybrid & Remote Work in 2022 and Beyond

Moving into 2022, ways of working and interacting are continuing to evolve as organisations adapt to the ongoing changes brought about by a wide range of factors influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Making remote work sustainable, flexible, hybrid and asynchronous working, recognising the importance of employee experience and supporting mental wellness are important trends in the future of work.

Shane Hastie
on Jan 25, 2022
Development

The Major Software Industry Trends from 2021 and What to Watch in 2022

In this podcast summary Thomas Betts, Wes Reisz, Shane Hastie, Charles Humble, Srini Penchikala, and Daniel Bryant discuss what they have seen in 2021 and speculate a little on what they hope to see in 2022. Topics explored included: hybrid working and the importance of ethics and sustainability within technology.

Daniel Bryant Wesley Reisz Thomas Betts Charles Humble Shane Hastie Srini Penchikala
on Jan 19, 2022
Culture & Methods

Remote Ensemble Testing - How an Experiment Shaped the Way We Work

This article shares how an experiment evolved into a common practice at the workplace, using an experimental approach with remote ensemble testing to get teammates on our cross-functional team more involved in the testing activities of the jointly created product. This all started in the times of a global pandemic where the entire team was working from home.

Andrea Jensen
on Dec 23, 2021
Culture & Methods

Measure Outcomes, Not Outputs: Software Development in Today’s Remote Work World

Today’s remote work world calls for a closer look at how to measure software developer productivity. Currently, there is no standard metric and widely used methods are flawed. The author describes how they successfully lead 500+ remote software developers by measuring outcomes, rather than outputs in order to produce the ideal balance between speed and quality code development.

Manjusha Madabushi
on Dec 17, 2021
Culture & Methods

People, Not Screens: Why Soul-Based Leadership Will Change the Nature of Remote and Hybrid Work

Virtual, remote, or hybrid work is the main leadership challenge of our time. Leaders should focus on bringing out humaneness and people's desire to be seen and heard in respectful and appreciative ways. Soul-based leadership is built on neuroscience and other ways of knowing inspired by eastern philosophies in which aliveness is at the heart of awareness, stillness and calm.

Karen Sobel Lojeski
on Oct 25, 2021
Culture & Methods

Best Practices for Letting Go of a Remote Team Member

At Doist, letting go of a team member is a last resort. Over 14 years, the remote-first pioneer has parted ways with approximately 25 team members, which has evolved the way they handle remote terminations. Today, Doist employs 100 people in 35+ countries with a 90+% employee retention rate. Here COO Allan Christensen offers his lessons learned on letting go of a remote team member.

Allan Christensen
on Sep 29, 2021
Culture & Methods

Hybrid Work is Here to Stay, and Software Teams Need to Adapt

In a post-pandemic workplace, face-to-face conversation is no longer the de facto collaboration method. As hybrid and distributed software development teams emerge, we look at ways that tools and processes can foster collaboration no matter where the team is located. Asynchronous work, a single source of truth, clear documentation and owners, and automation will empower hybrid development teams.

Aaron Upright
on Sep 20, 2021
Culture & Methods

Essential Soft Skills for IT leaders in a Remote World

Leading teams is always challenging, especially when your team is remote; it requires more effort and more skills to be developed. This article describes the skills needed if you would like to become not just a good team leader, but a great one. To start, here are three essential soft skills: be vulnerable and authentic, build a collaborative and safe environment, and provide candid feedback.

Anastasiia Tymoshchuk
on Sep 14, 2021
Culture & Methods

Easy Guide to Remote Pair Programming

Remote pair programming can be an extremely powerful tool, it's a form of social programming. When pairing remote, you need a lot more setup and more tooling in place, so that the two team members can work together effectively. With remote pair programming quality communication is essential because we lack the physical presence that gives us so much non-verbal communication.

Adrian Bolboacă
on Jul 05, 2021
Culture & Methods

Virtual Group Coaching: How to Improve Group Relationships in Remote Work Settings

Due to the pandemic, many software development teams will work remotely longer or permanently or work in blended venues such as some team members working in an office, some working from home, some working from other venues. Virtual coaching can help to improve group interaction or social dynamics in virtual settings where people work together remotely as a group or team.

William Rothwell Cho Hyun Park
on Jun 04, 2021