In a World that is changing very fast and urges companies to adopt an Agile Culture as a way to survive, a lot of debate has been happening on whether Remote Teams can really be Agile or if they would have to be physically collocated in order to have a successful adoption. These are my slides for a Talk I am giving on this topic, around the world.

1. Cristiane (Coca) Pitzer
Agile Coach
Apr 2018

2. @cocapitzer
www.linkedin.com/in/cocapitzer/
cocapitzer@gmail.com

3. “59% of us will be working remotely by 2020”, said
executives, entrepreneurs and business academics at
London Business School’s - July 2014
“In 2016, 43% of employed Americans said they
spent at least some time working remotely”, Gallup
Survey - Feb 2017
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6. • Large Multinational Company
• Type of Work: Consulting
• 5 People
• 3 of them knew each other
before
About the
Team
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• Brazil – RJ: 2
• Brazil – SP: 1
• USA – Charlotte: 1
• USA – NY: 1 (Chinese)
Geographic
Distribution
• Video Conferencing
• Open Channel for
Chats
• Working in the Open
• Time for engaging Personal
Conversations
• SCRUM
• ScrumMaster rotation
Actions
• Different Time Zones
• Cultural Differences
• Teaming
• Lack of Clarity on
Purpose and Goals
• Finding a Pace
Challenges

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8. • Large Multinational Company
• Type of Work: Research
• 6 People
• 0 of them knew each other
before
About the
Team
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• Brazil: 1
• China: 1
• USA: 3
• Norway: 1
Geographic
Distribution
• Closed Mindset
• Lack of Trust
Challenges
Actions• Hired ScrumMaster
• Video Conferencing
• Open Channel for Chats
• Supporting & Coaching ‘1+1’
• Build Trust
• Adoption of a ‘Wall of Work’
• Continuous foundation on Agile
Values and Principles

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@cocapitzer
www.linkedin.com/in/cocapitzer/
cocapitzer@gmail.com

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