Back in the mid-90s, just as Netscape Navigator was giving us our first look at what the visual internet could be, web design came in two flavors. There was the ultra basic stuff. Text on a page, maybe a masthead graphic of some sort. Nothing sophisticated. It often looked like traditional letterhead, or a printed newsletter, but now on the screen. Interactions were few, if any, but perhaps a couple links tied a nascent site together. And there was the other extreme.
As the saying goes, teamwork makes the dreamwork. Building an effective and successful team takes time, and it’s even harder in the case of distributed, remote teams. How can you run effectively a team of persons without, well, meeting in person? With the rise of remote work worldwide, many teams have found themselves juggling projects, deadlines, and goals while spread all over the country, or even all over the world. When the team works like a well-oiled clock, they can achieve big things.
When the entire company is working from home, pair programming is not only possible but even more valuable. If you were practicing it face to face, why not continue remote? If you weren’t, why not try? My team did a series of remote pair programming sessions in during the last month or so, and I want to share a few tips from that experience. If you’ve never tried pair programming before, here’s a good primer.
The full article by Morten Brøgger was originally published in June, 2020 for Tool Box. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced many businesses to quickly find ways to digitize operations and implement mass remote work. However, as companies continue to grapple with keeping high levels of connectivity and productivity, cyberattacks have increased by an estimated 400%. The scramble to provide solutions for employees working remotely created a boom in collaboration platforms.
When the Coronavirus pandemic hit and the world went into lockdown, as many as one-half to one-third of workers in the United States began working from home full-time. Some people have loved it, but others have felt lonely, unproductive, and stressed while working from home with kids. As we’ve learned more about the virus and states have published reopening plans, many knowledge workers in the U.S. are ready (or being asked) to return to work.
Staying connected is no easy task, but during the shift to remote work team leads have had to adapt on the fly to managing distributed teams. Learn how these five Asana managers are helping their teams collaborate while working remotely.
Ah, yes. “I’m working from home today.” Just thinking about saying this (before all the COVID drama started) makes one genuinely happy. While everyone’s at the office, you get to enjoy a day or two taking work-from-home — relaxing a bit, sipping a cup of coffee, as you work at your own pace, without anyone looking over your shoulder, listening to some music on your TV or smart speaker. But now, what you used to enjoy occasionally, has become your daily routine.
In a survey of 500 business decision-makers in the UK on productivity and remote security, we have found that despite little time to prepare, over half (53%) say they’ve seen either an increase or no change in the productivity of office workers since lockdown measures were enacted across the UK in March. Only 13% of business decision-makers reported a significant decrease in productivity, while 25% reported a slight decrease in productivity.
