Zainab Alikhan

Nirmal Merchant

Global management consulting firm, App Dev department Following Agile for 5+ years 300 technologists, spread worldwide: New York, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Atlanta, Waltham, Austin, Dusseldorf, Cairo, Bangalore, Chennai and growing

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

Room 701

Room 701

Rita Kapoor

Finance Team

A change in seating? Or a change in mindset?

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

What we looked like before

What we look like now

ATR ATR ATR

Start small

Make it fun

Let the users design their space

Let the users design their space

Work gets done quickerI save about an hour a day in a team room -- Developer Body language, eye contacthelps communicate and develop a rapportwhich goes a long way Product Owner Energy and creativity much higherteam rooms like a place where there is action -- Management

I walk into a team room & everyone needed to answer a question is there.. issues resolved much quicker -- Architect
Its about the peoplesharing and growing is what makes it awesome -- UX Designer

Today were going to talk about..

What is Sitting Together Why should we Sit Together? Why we DONT Sit Together How WE did it.. and how YOU can What about continents & time zones?

Staffing in similar time zones Try to split team half and halfat a minimum have at least a pair in each location Travel (smartly timed) team together beginning of project; PO splits time during project Always-on dedicate webcam computer for body language Meals over HDVC together to build relationships

Leverage technology to enrich communication

Sitting Together

shortens the feedback loop reduces the cost of asking questions enables transfer of tacit knowledge creates focus promotes innovation builds relationships and trust

To do it

start small make it fun let users collaboratively design space be conscious of adoption curve create a multi-dimensional solution lead by example