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I’ve coached and served as scrum master for dozens of remote teams over the years. In light of current events, I’ve posted a collation of the notes I have for helping distributed teams working effectively.<\/p>\nI’ve coached and served as scrum master for dozens of remote teams over the years. In light of current events, I’ve posted a collation of the notes I have for helping distributed teams working effectively.<\/p>\n
The rule is, if one person on a team is participating from a remote location, the team is a distributed team. Making distinctions such as \u201cdistributed team\u201d vs. \u201cfully distributed team\u201d when\u00a0<\/span>some or all members of the team are working from remote locations risks\u00a0<\/span>marginalizing<\/span>\u00a0team members who are <\/span>working at locations away from the home or central office.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To help\u00a0<\/span>ensure<\/span> that the concept of \u201cteam\u201d remains intact during distributed team conditions, this post is intended to serve as a guide for scrum masters <\/span>for how best to facilitate and monitor team interactions\u00a0<\/span>and performance with<\/span>\u00a0distributed teams.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Scrum masters have the added burden of developing the skills within their teams for effective distributed team collaboration and communication.\u00a0<\/span>D<\/span>istributed teams can function better than\u00a0<\/span>collocated<\/span>\u00a0teams\u00a0<\/span>when the team’s<\/span>\u00a0skills for<\/span>\u00a0organization and communication\u00a0<\/span>have been improved by necessity\u00a0<\/span>such that <\/span>they are\u00a0<\/span>better positioned to<\/span>\u00a0function effectively as a team<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Etiquette<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Even with ideal conditions (i.e. plenty of bandwidth for audio and video, intra-team familiarity<\/span>, clear agenda, etc.) working with distributed teams will always have a degree of\u00a0<\/span>asynchronous communication. Fields of vision are limited to what\u2019s in frame for the video camera, network latency issues, and a general lack of access to in-person non<\/span>-verbal cues will cause people to\u00a0<\/span>speak over and interrupt\u00a0<\/span>each other and miss-read intent more than they would during in-person meetings.<\/span>\u00a0To mitigate these constraints, it is\u00a0<\/span>important<\/span>\u00a0to have a well understood and practiced set of etiquette rules for distributed team meetings.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pre-meeting Tasks\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n In-Progress Meeting\u00a0Activities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n End-of-Meeting Activities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Troubleshooting\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional Articles<\/a><\/p>\n How to Collaborate Effectively If Your Team Is Remote by Erica Dhawan and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n SwiftFest Boston ’19: Remote Connections: Fostering Relationships in Distributed Teams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Photo by\u00a0Tanya Nevidoma<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a> (Edited)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve coached and served as scrum master for dozens of remote teams over the years. In light of current events, I’ve posted a collation of the notes I have for helping distributed teams working effectively. The rule is, if one person on a team is participating from a remote location, the team is a distributed … <\/p>\n\n
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