HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER? Starting a Collaboration Revolution

STARTING A
COLLABORATION
REVOLUTION
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SVEN PETERS

ATLASSIAN AMBASSADOR

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WHY COLLABORATE?

LESS

FRUSTRATION

WHY COLLABORATE?

BETTER

PERFORMANCE

things getting more complicated

separate teams:
hardware & software
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BLIND UNDERSTANDING

CAN CHANGE TACTICS

CRITIQUE CULTURE

CLEAR GOALS

TRANSPARENT STATS

EXCHANGEABLE

40%

OF PRODUCTIVITY
is directly
connected to

COMMUNICATION

70%

INFORMATION
EXCHANGE

30%

30%

INFORMATION
EXCHANGE

70%

should be

EMPOWER
STOP CONTROLLING
YOUR TEAM

EVERYTHING

STAND UP AGAINST
PHYSICAL
ISOLATION

DO NOT
DISTURB ME!

SPONTANEOUS

CONVERSATION?

NO BARRIERS
FOR
COLLABORATION
no walls

SPACE TO
TALK
it 's OK to chat with me

SEE WHO'S
OCCUPIED
transpar

ent meet

ing room
s

WE BUILT PORTALS!

Camera

TV
Mac mini

I DON'T WANT
TO BE
DISTURBED!
closed door, but
visible

headphones indicate
unavailability

DO NOT

DISTURB
ME!

DO NOT

DISTURB
THE REST
phone booth

LITTLE WIERD
SITS CLOSE TO THE BOSS
THINKS TOO HARD

TURNS KNOBS
EASILY EXCITED
YELLS IN EMERGENCIES

Oper
at

Develo
p

ions

ers

LITTLE WIERD
SITS CLOSE TO THE BOSS
THINKS TOO HARD

TURNS KNOBS
EASILY EXCITED
YELLS IN EME...

CROSS FUNCTIONAL
TEAMS

great teﬆer

amazing designer

cool developers
incredible product owner

JUST

That 's n

ot DevO

CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAMS ?

ps

SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE
AND UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER

STAND UP AGAINST
COMMUNICATION
BARRIERS

PLACES

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

1

WHEN WORKING REMOTE...
COLLABORATION IS HARD

WORKPLACES IN A MODERN WORLD

Collocated
teams


people move
to where they
want to live


people want to
work where
they're productive


people want
to work while
travelling


geolocation is
not the limit
for teams

PEOPLE

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

2

WHERE DO POEPLE
HIDE INFORMATION?

Emails

Excel sheets

Word Docs

Is that the beﬆ place to ﬆore information?

information exchanged?

she has
no idea

TIMING

COMMUNICATION

BARRIER

3

NUMBERS

2
hours/day
recovering from distractions

80
%

of interruptions are considered trivial
Source: atlss.in/TimeWast...

MEETING

eﬀective time
in between?

MEETING

eﬀective time
in between?

MEETING

MEETING

eﬀective time in between!

MEETING

PLACE

TIMING

PEOPLE
What

COMMUNICATION

helps

?

BARRIER

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INVOLVE EVERYBODY
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One Day Later

One Week Later

INVOLVE EVERYBODY INDEPENDENT OF

Place

Role

Time

MAKE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND
AGREE
DISAGREE
CLARIFY

for everybody

QUESTIONS? GIVE ANSWERS ONCE!

agile methodologies.

ASK A QUESTION

early
Beta - atlassian.com/questions

2014

CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT BARRIERS
WHO USES

Chat

?

Confluence
Developer

Design Team

Enterprise
Discussions

JUST THE CONVERSATIONS YOU NEED

Chat Rooms

Chat

IS GREAT FOR REMOTE CONVERSATIONS
...and local!

PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THE ZONE

Chat

IS GREAT FOR DIFFERENT TIMEZONES

THE CHAT RECORDS ALL CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT

Chat

CAN PULL PEOPLE INTO CONVERSATIONS
with ease
JUST @MENTION SOMEONE

JUST IF YOU CAN'T AVOID MEETINGS
comin

g soo

Google
HangOut

HipChat
Video

n

Skype

JUST IF YOU CAN'T AVOID MEETINGS

NEEDS MORE RESTRICTIONS

GET USED TO IT

WORKS UP TO 4 PEOPLE

perso
nal
exper
ience

VIDEO
MEETINGS
DEFINITELY TIMEBOXED

HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER?
WHAT MATTERS TO US?
ON WHAT DO WE FOCUS?
WHAT ARE YOUR

COMPANY VALUES?

Customer Orientation
Discipline
Quality
Risk Taking
Great Place to Work
Results Orientation

Open Company, No Bullshit
Bui...

YOU DON'T SET CORE VALUES,
YOU DISCOVER CORE VALUES
Jim Collins

CLEAR GOALS FOR EVERYONE

DISCUSS

FINE TUNE GOALS

CHECK FREQUENTLY

GOAL REVIEW
SHORT & LONG TERM
SCOPE CHANGE

GOAL REVIEW

don't allow
ghoﬆ goals

WE NEED CLEAR & TRANSPARENT GOALS
FOR EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION

STAND UP AGAINST
IMPERSONAL
ENVIRONMENTS

BRING

PEOPLE

TOGETHER

...and get personal

Be

VISIBLE & SHARE EXPERIENCES

COLLABORATION
...there is no switch

EVERYONE
HAS A VOICE

TRANSPARENT
GOALS

INFORMATION
FLOWS FREELY

NO PHYSICAL
BARRIERS

GET PERSONAL

THANKS

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HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER? Starting a Collaboration Revolution

Sven Peters

HOW ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER?