How to be effective with distributed agile teams is STILL a hot topic in my travels. I’m not exaggerating when I say it comes up in +90% of my coaching gigs. And the context usually isn’t “good”. Instead it usually revolves around an organization or teams struggling with effective collaboration and delivery in a distributed context.
Given that, I just thought I’d share some links to good blog posts / articles that discuss distributed agile teams.
Ben Kopel shares some basic insights here:
In the following post, Thoughtworks discusses the role that backlogs, tools, and healthy agile practices play in distributed agile teams:
Here Rally shares some keys for running effective distributed meetings”
Wrapping Up
And here are a couple of my previous posts on the subject:
- /blog/2015/01/20/how-important-are-tools-in-distributed-agile-teams/
- /blog/2015/01/13/a-tale-of-kicking-off-a-set-of-distributed-scrum-teams/
Hopefully these help expand your focus and success when operating with a distributed agile team.
Stay agile my friends,
Bob.