00_introduction_and_meta.adoc

Introduction and Meta

Motivation for workshop

Me

• 1h commute without possibility of remote work = lots of podcasts, but ultimately loss of lifetime

• new team. First only 1, now 3 developers in Cluj (Romania) + 2 in Germany

• two steps to "remote first thinking":

  1. internal technical problems ⇒ home office ⇒ local separation!

  2. thought: If I can work from anywhere, I also can work at any moment in time ⇒ working sundays ⇒ time separation!

Participants

• Are you currently working in a remote team?

• If yes, in what role?

• How big is your team?

• On how many locations is your team located?

• What are your main problems?

• What are your main questions?

• What are your main concerns?

About this workshop

• Participants are (kind of) trainers themselves - every team is different and something can be learned from each situation

• hence: let’s learn from each other

• workshop has three ingredients:

  1. "theoretical" stuff: observations and stories regarding remote work

  2. "practical stuff": Best practices, processes & methods regarding tools

  3. cross-talk: Most of what will be mentioned is subjective and could be counter-productive in your team. Let’s talk about how it could help you in your setting.

• This workshop is NOT about if remote working is generally useful or applicable to every setting. It’s about how to make it work in situations where remote is a reality or will be in the future.