11/7/2022 0 Comments Working time crisis 2 iso![]() ![]() Separation across timezones may still play a part in dysfunction but a conclusion to draw here then, is that co-location isn’t just about geography. It has been an unexpectedly positive side-effect but by ensuring everyone has the same opportunity to interact, with no one group able to subconsciously dominate the proceedings through physical proximity, collaboration and connection has actually risen. ![]() Everyone experiences our ceremonies daily stand-ups, ARTSyncs, retrospectives, demos, planning events in exactly the same way. Everyone now has the same access to communication channels. The effect of sending our teams to work from home has been to homogenise the opportunities and challenges of our daily working experience. “It is all about the creation of a level playing field for free communication” The organization is currently utilising Scaled Agile’s SAFe framework with teams of teams operating as ‘release trains’. There is also a wider teams of teams structure, synchronised, delivering and managing some level of dependencies together. In some cases the team itself has been assembled to work in a pod-like manner, with several team members assembled together, but the wider group having to operate apart, over multiple miles and timezones. Many of these teams are somewhat distributed globally. The teams I work with are not entirely geographically co-located. I think there are a number of factors at play here. Indeed, many of the teams I work with have thrived under these conditions and sentiment from the team members has been extremely positive. Every attempt at communication with other members of the team requires an effort to connect. No physical hangouts, no water-cooler moments, no spin round in your chair to exchange a few words. Lockdown has forced many of our teams to move to a 100% distributed way of working. ![]()
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