It could also have the whiff of an "Agile" team that has a crisis every 2 or 3 weeks, due to routinely setting unrealistic sprint goals. No, this isn't supposed to happen, but I've seen it at more than one shop, that's for sure.
Re:Work for a remote culture
by allochthon on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @11:56AM
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Yes, indeed. "Agile" can have its share of manufactured crises, too.
Re:Work for a remote culture
by jacques_chester on Wednesday July 15, 2015 @11:33PM
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Scrum is not bijective with Agile.
The motivational aspect is, in my experience, a consequence of working 100% from home. Spending that much time at home can make it hard for me to get stuff done. I'm perfectly capable of being productive when I work from home occasionally...possibly even more productive than I am when I'm in the office since I'm less distracted, but find that my productivity drops off considerably when I work predominantly from home.
There's easy fixes for this--headphones, coffee shop Wi-Fi and a VPN connection work well for me--but I have to do something or I go stir crazy and can't get much done.
I would echo this point, our remote team has hired good and bad and it's a lot more about the people and less about being remote.
It does seem that remote works shines light on the core of a team members work ethic and productivity.
There's something off about this -- it has the whiff of micromanagement or waterfall; perhaps I'm misreading your point. Far better than micromanagement is hiring good, trustworthy people and collaborating with them together on incrementally building something out.