Roger,

Spot on - all of us are completely remote. Some from our various sites
around the country, some from our homes centered around the Phoenix area.
We've been making an effort to get closer with monthly meetings, code
reviews and tech insertion presentations, but a lot of that ends up being
just enough to stave off management intervention.

Good thoughts. Thanks.

nathan strutz
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Roger Austin <raust...@nc.rr.com> wrote:

>
> On 9/2/2011 3:12 PM, Nathan Strutz wrote:
>
> > So my question to the list is this: How do you organize your teams of
> > developers successfully? Please let me know what you do, or what you have
> > seen that actually works.
>
> Sounds like you guys could use some sort of internal social media
> thing to stay in tune with each other. You didn't say what the
> actual locations were so it is hard to say. If they are completely
> separate locations, it would be different than all in one building.
>
> I curious as to how the cross project fertilization works small
> groups. In general, you have to own your project (or at least
> your part of it) to do your best work. Having someone back you
> up is an expense that most companies won't want to sustain. It is
> only a backup plan which is rarely needed.
>
> I would say that more important is to get the bigger picture
> stuff sorted out like general guidelines, source control,
> testing, documentation, etc. sorted out across the team. If
> someone leaves, those remaining would know where to look for
> things.
>
> You also might want to build a library of primitive functions
> for the group. That way, people are using the same building
> blocks if that is possible.
>
> There are other ways to keep in touch, but most developers that
> I have met were very busy so the communication is tough.
>
> The "hit by the bus" thing was mentioned to me at an annual
> review. I just asked if they could afford another developer.
> It was never mentioned again.
>
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