17. ďŹ Business Events
Calendar
â Wide coverage
â Input events to
sustain coverage
ďŹ Sultan
â Internal web app
â Large API use
We are the Sultans
18. ďŹ External form
ďŹ Worker Qualifications
â Test, Hand picked
ďŹ Event split into 2 HITs
â Event, Address
ďŹ Multiple (2) HITs per
event
Process Highlights
21. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
22. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
Group
Name
Start Date
Start Time
23. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
Group E E
Name
Start Date E E
Start Time
E E
24. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
Group E E Match
Name Name
Start Date E E Start Date
Start Time URL
E E
25. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
Group E E Match
Name Name
Start Date E E Start Date
Start Time URL
E E
Reviewable
Event
26. Sultan Event Acquisition Process
Source
URL
HIT HIT HIT HIT
Event Event Address Address
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
E E E E E E E E A A A A A A A A
Group E E Match
Name Name
Start Date E E Start Date
Start Time URL
E E
Resolve discrepancies Reviewable
and Event
Approve
27. ďŹ Identify workers
ďŹ Communicate and motivate workers
ďŹ Fine tune price
Keys
33. Outsourcing on oDesk
Creating a Worldwide Team
Phil Ives
April 20, 2010 @ Philly Startup
Leaders
34. Process for oDesk Projects
⢠DeďŹne value of in-house staff â stick to it
⢠Scope Small
⢠How to hire⌠or how I learned to
understand the NCAA tournament seeds
⢠Trust, but verify
⢠Build a real team, get related
⢠SCR-AGILEo â My day to day process
36. DeďŹne Value in the process
⢠Hard ⢠Harder
â DeďŹne your and local Stick to what you said
staffâs value. When timelines slipâŚ
â What canât be stick to what you said
outsourced? When people turnoverâŚ
â If you donât have know.. stick to what you said
better rethink your
career
38. Scope Small
⢠Scope early and often
⢠Keep tasks small for accountability
⢠Check in with the freelancer early and
often
39. How to Hire
⢠Whatâs your time worth?
⢠What would an interview process on
email and annoying Skype give you?
⢠Why would you do that to yourself?
⢠Hire 2x - 3x actual need and weed out.
40. Trust, but Verify
⢠Like anything important to your business
â Verify that work is correct and complete
â Create tests and validation procedures
â Spot check
â Use the tools you have: Team Room, Bugzilla,
Skype
â Have a conversationâŚ.
41. Build a Team
⢠Really, they arenât actually âmechanicalâ
⢠Manage them like your local team
⢠Use the technology to have conversations
⢠Get acquainted: Who are they / what goals?
⢠Where possible, let them create from
nothing
⢠Inspire them with the goals of your project
42. SCR-AGILEo
⢠Loose agile process
⢠Daily Check-in
⢠Timelines, coordinate time of days
⢠Donât work with consultants who canât
work on your schedule - make them
stick to it.
⢠Iterate both the product and your
process for managing it