Remote & Distributedteams

by Mohammad Fouad

Outsourcing

Offshore

Nearshore – Same Country

Telecommuting

Distributedtwo-branches, one team, same project

Virtual, Remote, Distributed

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Two thirds of the workforce want to work from home

36% would choose working from homeover a pay raise or over a 10% pay cut

80% increase in remote employees from 2005 to 2012 in US only

Benefits of Distributed Teams?

Access to a larger pool of talent and experts

Advice

Hire people you trust, then trust them

They power on their PC after 5-mins of waking up

Have higher productivity, 13% performance increase

More prone to burn-out. Most companies report that they faced problems with overwork

It is about People, not technology

Good Communicators, social, Love teaching, and sharing

Self Driven – will focus on results, need less monitoring

Tech Savvy – will like the remote tools

Keep the team small(3-5 max)

Kill Email

Hold a monthly meeting!!!!

Who Does it?

50%-100% Distributed & Remote

20%-50% Distributed

AutomatticBufferHarvestPlexZapierOlarkParse.lyLivingSocialBuySellAdsMarkIT.euDuckDuckGoPatients KnowBetterBeutler InkYourSportsMokriyaFortumoTogglPlanet OSProduct Hunt3DprinterOSTaxify.euTeleportBaremetrics

VintedBetterDoctorHappyBitsQuipperAdEspressoUrgentlyMetamaterialTechnologies Inc.HumanDivshotBacklotCarsMugilShopifyTwilioZeroTurnaroundPipedriveTriposoAzumioFuturelyticsHackeventsFunding GatesNomad List37CoinsMedko

Founder CentricMonitaeGuardTimeVerticoMyOnlineSchoolSpotifyTransferwiseRealEyesBugcrowdTraityNodeSWATElevenYellowTestlioAssemblyTangibleeHitlistCuddliBand IndustriesAirCourtsSqwiggleGrasswireMake WorksGrabCADGuardTime

FunnelySmart Car Solutions OÜ

Edfa3lyOwsyErplyFleepRecruitLoopAntavoImport2DRONAMICSMoondoPeachmyTipsDeekitSiloSettingMolimurMoo.doSoundcloudAltSchoolCodeshipLogMeInKonveenGitHub

Time DoctorPreziUstreamBasecampUserbinStack ExchangeUpworthyTaxJarKissMetricsGigaOMSourceFabricTopTalTreehouseZenCashZerply

Who doesn’t do it anymore?

Remote work will not solve your problemsIt will just make them worse

Who does it?

Young companies, Startups

SaaS, Web Centric

Product Centric

only 3 in Egypt!

Obstacles in Egypt?

• Lack of Senior Developers (10+ years)

• Legal issues

• Tax issues

• Infrastructure stability

• Outsourcing destination rank for Cairo dropped from #14 to #76

• Culture

Egypt Culture?

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Tools!

Daily Standups

HeyFlockI Done This

one-to-ones

16 popular coworking spaces in the Arab world

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Thank YouTwitter: @_fouad