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The top 5 problems with distributed agile& how to solve them

ByHugo Messer

What is distributed?

1.About Hugo2.Top 5 problems3.Bullet for leadership?4.Magic bullets5.What else?

About Hugo

2004: TRIP TO INDIA

bridge-global.com

2008

INDIA

Ekipa.co

Ekipa.co/ebooks

Ekipa.co/academy

The European Market

The 5 problem

s

US versus THEM

# 1

Teams are in the dark

# 2

Culture is a mystery

# 3

Global vs Local

Collaborative vs CompetitiveConsultative vs Decisive

Task-oriented vs Relationship-oriented

Keeping opinions to yourself vs Voicing your opinionAgreeable vs Willing to disagree

Question authority vs Do as you’re told

Culture affects teamwork

43% of teams with 16+ locations report

they never have issues because of

culture!

Survey

We stop communicating

# 4

#5: The black box

The European Market

The leadership bullet?

1.Self organisation

Fewer rules

Less hierarchy

More freedom

Let teams figure out stuff

2. Empathy

Stimulate empathy on 4 levels

3. Engaged product owners

with time

Magic bullets

Agile collaboration: distributed team canvas

How do we take a project from A to Z?

process

scrum Proxy PO

cultureHow to manage cultural differences?

Culture canvas

Travel budget

The culture Canvas

Roles & responsibilitiesWho does what & where?

Meddlers

game

Process

manager

tools

A-syncchatvideo!

What tools do we use and how?

Knowledge transferHow do we make everyone familiar with our product?

Online wiki

User talks

Wrap up

1.Move power to the teams2.Make Product Owners

available3.Give budget for travel &

training4.Hand over the right tools

get in touchwww.hugomesser.com

hugo@ekipa.co@hugomesser