Distributed team
A distributed team is a team whose members work in different physical locations and coordinate their work remotely.
Think Like a Software Engineering Manager
A team whose members work from geographically separate locations and coordinate primarily through remote communication and collaboration tools.
- How it is used
- Guides managers in coordinating remote and hybrid employees while maintaining collaboration, performance, connection, and well-being.
- How deep it goes
- Provides practical management strategies and trade-offs, but does not detail specific collaboration technologies or operating procedures.
- Examples
- Uses one-on-ones, team check-ins, video meetings, home-working infrastructure, shared office time, lunch meetings, and team events.
- What you can do after
- Operate remote or hybrid teams through clear norms, infrastructure support, check-ins, focused meetings, and deliberate social connection.
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"Looks Good to Me"
A software team whose members work from separate physical locations and collaborate through communication technologies.
- How it is used
- Supports collaborative programming when team members work from separate locations.
- How deep it goes
- Explains participation, video, and Git handoff tactics while acknowledging that online work cannot fully reproduce physical unity.
- Examples
- Uses shared video sessions and temporary Git branches with work-in-progress commits as collaboration examples.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via video participation and Git-based handoffs during remote mob programming.
Related concepts
- hybrid workcontrasts with · A work arrangement that combines remote work with work performed at a shared physical workplace.
- teamkind of · A team is a group of people who collaborate and share responsibility for achieving a common objective.
- collaborationcontrasts with · Collaboration is coordinated activity in which multiple participants contribute toward a shared goal or outcome.
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