Engaging Software Teams is Child's Play (Online Version)

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Engaging offshore teams is

By Dianne Elsinga + Vikram Kapoorchilds play10 Tips, Tools, and Tricks


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Use it to visit each other often and when needed.

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

Drawing by Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands


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Spend time and effort discovering each others cultures.

Be interested in each others culture


- Sjaak Brinkkemper, Professor at the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Author of the book Collaboration in Outsourcing.


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CollaborateBe on an equal footing for everything with your remote team members and

make important decisions together. Let the team members visit you and govisit them, do not give your meetings a command and control feeling.

Drawing by Kanishk Gupta, India

-Jutta Eckstein, Coach, Consultant, + Trainer for Agile Software Development, Germany.

Author of the book Agile Software Development with Distributed Teams.


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Launch a project together - this adds to asense of being part of the same journey.

Kick off together!

Drawing by Mira Kapoor, The Netherlands

- Henk Jan Huizer, Agile Coach + Scrum Master of Distributed Agile Teams, The Netherlands.


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Celebrate togetherCelebrations create a bond between teammembers even when they are located indifferent locations.

Drawing by Mira + Priti Kapoor, The Netherlands

- Dianne Elsinga, Intercultural Communication Trainer, The Netherlands.


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Explain whyTake time to point out the vision

behind the product and the company.

Drawing by Mira Kapoor, The Netherlands

- Vikram Kapoor, CEO at Prowareness, The Netherlands + India.

Author of the book De nieuwe ICT.


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TrustTrust your offshore employees as you would youronsite 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.


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Timeshift for a

formalized handoffevery dayIf youre many time zones away, usea structured handoff process that is

routinely followed every day.- Erran Carmel, Professor of Information Technology + International Business Research Professor, USA.Author of the book Offshoring Information Technology.


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Use the Agile CockpitAgile Cockpit unleashes the power of Distributed Agile Teams through

collaboration as it emphasizes Individuals and Interactions.


- Rahul Sah, General Manager at Prowareness, India.

For more information: www.agilecockpit.com


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Source: http://oxforddictionaries.com


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About us...Dianne Elsinga Vikram Kapoor

She can be reached at: [email protected] He can be reached at: [email protected]

Dianne Elsinga(1977) is an

InterculturalTrainer witha specialty inIndian culture.She was bornand educated in

The Netherlands where she graduatedfrom the University of Leiden. Diannelived in India for a long period of timeto learn the language and culture. As aCertifed Trainer, she delivers training

on the subject of interculturalco-operation.

Vikram Kapoor(1969) is

the CEO ofProwareness.He spent muchof his childhoodin India, andthen moved

to The Netherlands when he was 16.Vikram completed his Masters Degreein Computer Sciences at the TechnicalUniversity of Delft. He is keenlyinterested in the human aspect of

offshoring.


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Prowareness HQ (The Netherlands)Hanzeweg 17

2803 MC, Gouda

Postbus 423

2800 AK, GoudaPhone: +31182 - 69 20 20

Prowareness Atlanta (USA)

2002 Summit Blvd.

Suite 300

Atlanta, GA 30319

Phone: +1.678.920.7888

Prowareness Bangalore (India)2nd Floor, # 128/9, Maruthi Sapphire

HAL Airport Road, Murgesh Palya

Bangalore -560017, India

Phone: +91-80-49087800


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www.prowareness.com

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