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10 Tips, Tools, and Tricks

By Dianne Elsinga + Vikram Kapoor

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Use it to visit each other often and when needed.

- Jesse Fewell, Agile Coach with experience in India, USA.

Drawing by Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

Be interested in each others culture

Spend time and effort discovering each others cultures.
Author of the book Collaboration in Outsourcing . - Sjaak Brinkkemper, Professor at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Drawing by Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

Collaborate

Be on an equal footing for everything with your remote team members and make important decisions together. Let the team members visit you and go visit them, do not give your meetings a command and control feeling.
- Jutta Eckstein, Coach, Consultant, + Trainer for Agile Software Development, Germany. Author of the book Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams .

Drawing by Kanishk Gupta, India

Kick off together!

Launch a project together - this adds to a sense of being part of the same journey.
- Henk Jan Huizer, Agile Coach + Scrum Master of Distributed Agile Teams, The Netherlands.

Drawing by Mira Kapoor, The Netherlands

Celebrations create a bond between team members even when they are located in different locations.
- Dianne Elsinga, Intercultural Communication Trainer, The Netherlands.

Celebrate together

Drawing by Mira + Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

Explain why
Author of the book De nieuwe ICT .

Take time to point out the vision behind the product and the company.
- Vikram Kapoor, CEO at Prowareness, The Netherlands + India.

Drawing by Mira Kapoor, The Netherlands

Trust

Trust your offshore employees as you would your onsite colleagues.

- Rini van Solingen, Professor on Global Software Engineering at TU Delft + CTO at Prowareness, The Netherlands. Author of the book The Power of Scrum .

Timeshift for a formalized handoff every day

If youre many time zones away, use a structured handoff process that is routinely followed every day.
Author of the book Offshoring Information Technology . - Erran Carmel, Professor of Information Technology + International Business Research Professor, USA.

Drawing by Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

Use video for all your meetings!

Video accelerates team bonding and enriches the information exchanged.
- Anand Gothe, Scrum Master at Prowareness, India.

Drawing by Mira Kapoor, The Netherlands

Agile Cockpit unleashes the power of Distributed Agile Teams through collaboration as it emphasizes Individuals and Interactions .
- Rahul Sah, General Manager at Prowareness, India.

Use the Agile Cockpit

For more information: www.agilecockpit.com

Drawing by Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

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About us...
Dianne Elsinga
Dianne Elsinga (1977) is an Intercultural Trainer with a specialty in Indian culture. She was born and educated in The Netherlands where she graduated from the University of Leiden. Dianne lived in India for a long period of time to learn the language and culture. As a Certified Trainer, she delivers training on the subject of intercultural co-operation.
She can be reached at: diannekapoor@hotmail.com

Vikram Kapoor
Vikram Kapoor (1969) is the CEO of Prowareness. He spent much of his childhood in India, and then moved to The Netherlands when he was 16. Vikram completed his Masters Degree in Computer Sciences at the Technical University of Delft. He is keenly interested in the human aspect of offshoring.
He can be reached at: v.kapoor@prowareness.nl

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