Building a Globally Distributed Technology Team

3:45pm

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Session Overview

For any growing international organisation, keeping teams aligned to ensure both high standards and a streamlined technical approach is a challenge worth solving.

You’ll discover practical strategies to drive collaboration and productivity across distributed teams. Plus tools and processes that empower global teams to continually produce high quality products and services, and exchange ideas on how to build a culture that brings people closer together, no matter the distance between them.

Session Key Takeaways:

  • Strategies to supercharge culture for teams across countries and timezones
  • Ways to empower team members to define and uphold standards of quality together
  • Automated processes for improving code quality and consistency

This session is for you if… you are part of a distributed or culturally diverse tech team!

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