I have worked remotely on and off a lot over the last 20 years or so, I think I end up taking for granted some aspects of it and can’t quite see why some people are having a hard time with that. Some recent conversations have made me take a step back and put some more thought into it so I can best help other folks adjust to this.
On one recent conversation with a friend and co-worker, he mentioned his team’s latest sprint has been very successful, despite the work from home scenario. I asked to what he attributes that success, to which he answered “pair programming”, and that reminded me of a great success story I’ve had with a team 10 years ago!
In fact, we were so happy back then with how the team was handling remote work, that my good old friend George and I even put together a talk about it, delivered at a Houston Tech Fest. So for our Virtual Brown Bag meeting last week, we decided to revisit that content, checking what processes and tools we used 10 years ago, how well they stood the test of time, what we’ve changed since then, etc. Our realization is that the processes are still pretty much the same, whereas some of the tools may have been replaced, but still sticking to the same intent.
If you’d like to check out that conversation, sit back and enjoy the video!
P.S.: And I hope to see you online at our Virtual Brown Bag tomorrow, April 30th, 12-1pm Central Time.
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