#043 - Bruce Taylor - working with offshore teams

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson in a conversation with Bruce Taylor about working with offshore teams in developing countries.  Why do people send their work offshore? Cost or talent? Is it cheaper to send work offshore or not? Outsourcing projects or augmenting the team. How to recruit the right people in a developing country. How does Agile work with people who have been brought up in a very hierarchical culture? Pairing and site visits are a powerful way to improve trust, knowledge and collaboration. Retaining team members. Scrum vs Flow for remote working. What do you do when you're working with a hierarchical supplier With offshore managers who hide what's going on and technical teams who want very detailed requirements and technical designs? The value of diverse perspectives.

 

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Read Bruce's article at https://medium.com/@rooosterboy/offshoring-agile-software-development-in-asia-be765d5461c2

 

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