How to effectively manage your remote development team?

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HOW TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE YOUR REMOTE DEVELOPMENT
TEAM?
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Do your homework

• 1. Share your vision
• You own the company and you understand your
  product or services in a better way than anyone
  else. You must have thought about the concept
  before producing the features.
• 2. Engage with them
• It is very prudent to understand how much time
  you can spend while collaborating with an
  offshore development team prior to giving them a
  task.

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Take out some time to train them

• Dont let your remote developer feel lonely being
  remote, encourage them so that they connect with
  the other employees while taking advantage of
  various social aspects. Training will make them
  more comfortable and also confident about their
  performance.
• Teach them new technology
• Assign a mentor
• Boost morale
• Provide guidance
• Schedule check-ins
• Asses their professional level
• Make them understand the work culture

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Clear communication

• 1. Schedule weekly meetings
• In order to avoid interpersonal gaps, make sure
  there are frequent meeting for thought sharing.
  Knowing about loopholes, bottlenecks,
  accomplishments and staying accountable with one
  another is important.
• 2. Provide constant feedback
• The result of everything depends on how quick you
  are when it comes to providing feedback. Express
  your thoughts without using slangs so that no one
  misunderstands you. A good sense of humor is a
  great tool to throw a joke once a while during
  discussions.

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Organize the workflow

• 1. Collaboration tools
• Look for a reliable platform that allows you to
  manage projects, assign tasks, schedule
  deadlines, share files and track progress. The
  leading tools are Microsoft Teams, Skype for
  Business, Slack, TeamViewer, and Google Hangout.
• 2. Have a chat room
• Besides having regular audio, video calls, it is
  also important to boost connectivity by having a
  chatroom that is always open for the whole team.
  Because everyone is not sharing the same physical
  office, this deed makes up for the fact. This is
  the best way not to bump into one another during
  the day in order to messages privately or within
  the whole team. It also enables quick discussions
  and decision making.

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Get everybody on the same page

• 1. Be tolerant and patient
• If you have given a project or task and are
  waiting for an estimate, dont lose your cool. Be
  patient and dont throw random insulting
  questions on them. The dedicated remote staff may
  be asking you a few queries. Answer them in a
  relaxed manner and this will make your estimate
  more accurate and enhance the implementation
  process.
• 2. Understand cultural differences
• Cultural differences and language barriers are
  the two major barriers that most managers have to
  face when working with a virtual team. Firstly,
  you have to be knowledgeable about the cultural
  ethics, language, holidays of the remote. You
  have to set an example and then your team will
  follow.

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Tracking is must

• In the remote world, it becomes difficult to know
  what is going on, for how many hours they are
  working because developers are not within your
  office premises. So, the basic productivity
  metrics should be tracked tasks status, daily
  tasks, working hours and the teams productivity.
• If you are paying your remote developers on an
  hourly basis, it makes sense to track the hours
  they are clocking in. Time-tracking tools are
  helpful in the virtual world because it tells you
  how long a person has worked and on what have
  they worked.

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Reward your team members

• You are the boss, the team will look up to you
  for approval. Giving tasks is one thing and
  praising them for the work done is another. You
  can always begin meeting with a kick-off note
  where you start with praising them for the job
  done so far. This way, they will know if they are
  moving in the right direction and what all
  changes are required.
• Show remote workers that you genuinely feel for
  them. Those employees will be more than happy if
  you send t-shirts or other gifts of appreciation.
  You can also reward them will cash bonuses, movie
  tickets or restaurant coupons. This small gesture
  of yours will certainly bring great outcomes.

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Conclusion

• Follow the work procedure and strive hard for the
  business objectives but make sure you are taking
  the whole team along with you. Inspire the team
  by being genuinely involved, be straightforward
  by making pre-plans. Provide feedback on the
  smallest of details. Make it quick today else you
  will be too late tomorrow.
• If you follow the aforementioned techniques for
  your remote development team, management will no
  longer be a challenge. Instead, you will easily
  foster accountability, create a strong
  communication channel while implementing the
  right tools for your development team.

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Contact us

• Websitewww.yourteaminindia.com
• Email Address
• info_at_yourteaminindia.com
• Phone Number
• (USA) 1-619-309-4653
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