Five useful tips for virtual software teams
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Mike Gunderloy, in an article entitled, Tips for virtual teams, for Application Development Trends magazine shares five good tips for working in distributed software development teams.
- Try and have at least one team member who meets the customer regularly
- Use a shared knowledge repository
- Exploit instant messaging
- Check in with other team members daily
- Use e-mail as a last resort
These tips make pretty good sense for any virtually distributed team not just software development teams!
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