1 YEAR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WITH A

DISTRIBUTED TEAM

PARTNERS

7000TRANSACTIONS / MONTH

(in one hour)

x4 domain 2150 tests

IT’S NOT ABOUT NUMBERS(are pointless)

WE WANT TO SHAREA COUPLE OF THINGS

THAT WE LEARNT

REMOTE WORKFORCES

13 months 3 companies7 people

4 stakeholders

THE GOALS

✓make the team work well

✓develop the product

✓stay on time and budget

CHALLENGES

‣hard to communicate

‣hard to keep track of the time

‣hard to meet and discuss

DISTRIBUTED TEAM(not worldwide)

IT’S NOT ABOUT TOOLS(sorry)

AGILE ITERATIONS

CODE REVIEW:DO SHOW YOU CARE

IT’S NOT ABOUT CODE(nor technologies)

ALWAYS EXPLAIN WHY

GOOD MOOD IS A VIRAL

ENVIRONMENT

MICROMANAGE

YOU CAN’T CHANGE

PEOPLE

TRUST YOUR TEAM

IT’S NOT (ONLY) ABOUT MANAGEMENT

…SO WHAT?

ABOVE ALL:BE COOL

MATZ IS NICE AND SO WE

ARE NICE

IT’S ABOUT PEOPLE

and human interactions

TAKEAWAYS

COMMUNICATION

Trust EMPATHY

Thank you.

@realfuzzyMichele Franzin

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