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3 challenges for modern IT teams

Jonathan Rees - Team Chemistry Catalyst

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You…

•Senior IT manager:

•Development or

•Operations

•Team: 5-50

•Co-located or

•Distributed

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Me

•Ex Senior IT manager

•IT Development and IT Operations

•Co-located and virtual teams

•Across the globe

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Why?

•You’re looking for an edge

•Your team is ….

•In tension,

•In turmoil

•In need of a turbo-charge

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So that…

•Better team engagement

•Faster TimeToMarket

•Better ROI

•Happier customers

•And… less hassle for you !

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Challenge 1

•“Communication”:

•With customers

•With superiors, peers, staff

•Without excessive ‘tech speak’

•Having a “difficult discussion”

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Challenge 2

•Virtual teams and team working:

•Means… over 10metres away !

•Impact of timezones

•Impact of Culture

•How to manage what you cant see

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Challenge 3

•‘Tech’ for its own sake

•You’ve got to do it like this…

•We have to use this framework/tool/platform

•Pressure from within and outside the team (even marketing team!)

•Driven by career aspirations ?

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Next steps

•Free audio programme available at:

www.makingitteamswork.com

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Better teams = happier staff = happiest customers.

Remember :If you want things to BE different,

you have to DO something differently !

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