Slides from Outsource People 2017 in Krakow about management of remote teams. English version

1. PM Digital Nomad
(or How to Manage a Totally Remote Team)
Alla Klimenko
Mad Devs

2. • Mad Devs – an outsourcing IT company in Bishkek
• Our Projects:
(are at https://maddevs.io )
• Most of all we like the projects with Highload, High Availability
and Geocoding
Who We Are

3. • Team of 12 people
• 1 main project
• Strong will to develop cool and interesting projects
How It All Started

4. • Got more projects than were able to manage and develop
• Lack of available specialists on the local market
• Need to leave the country from time to time
• Family circumstances
• Personality features of some employees
How We Ended up with Remote

5. 1. No marker boards
2. Limitations of asynchronous communication
3. “What is he currently doing actually?”
4. To write clearly – is also a task
5. Harder to notice burning out of the employee
6. No separation between work and home place
Choice with Consequences

6. • Discussions take less time
• No region limitations to find the best employees
• No need to expand the office
Certain Advantages

7. • Self motivation of the employees
• Access to all the documents and code
• Meetings in face from time to time
• Discipline
Successful Remote is -

8. • Regular standups (may be asynchronous)
• Regular commits
• Regular skype calls (every week)
• Clear and detailed tasks in task tracker
• Payments always on time
Discipline is the key

9. • Process and interaction procedures are all set
• The ones who want – work from home wherever they want
• All new employees – only remote
• We like to meet altogether… sometimes
Almost a year later…

10. • Working in the office is just a habit
• Remote employees are generally more effective
• It is easier to work with the one who you’ve met in person
• Ideal balance is to alternate remote work with work in the office
To Conclude

11. • Contact me: alla@maddevs.io
• More about Mad Devs: https://maddevs.io
• We also have a blog: https://blog.maddevs.io
• And Instagram (same as Twitter): @maddevsio