key to product management success: building team morale
Post on 14-Apr-2017
276 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
The Product MentorMaintaining Team Morale on Remote Collaborative Teams April 2016
2TOUCHTUNES
IntroductionJenn Bornstein
• Current - TouchTunes Music Corporation- TouchTunes TV, Senior Product
Manager- Locations: NY, Chicago,
Montreal, Chicago, Oxford• Previous
- DirectTV, Product Manager, 2nd Screen
- Locations: NY, LA- Nielsen, General Manager,
RewardTV- Locations: NY, Chicago,
Oxford, Belgium, Singapore, Bangalore
3TOUCHTUNES
Overview TODAY’S TALKING POINTS
• Review issues caused by Remote Teams
• Identify tools that help
• The importance of face-time
• Must remembers
“A virtual team – whether across the street or across
the world – is a team whose members
simultaneously work together to a common
purpose, while physically apart.” – Yael Zofi
4TOUCHTUNES
Structure IDEAL TEAM
• Product Management• Development• Project Management• Design• QA
Co-location
5TOUCHTUNES
StructureREALITY – e.g. Current TouchTunes Team
• Product Management• Design
• Project Management• Developers
• QA
NYC Montreal
6TOUCHTUNES
ISSUES OF REMOTE TEAMS
• Harder to get to know one another
• Easy to get out of step on day-to-day activities
• Harder to realize when there is miscommunication
• Easy to get disconnected on long-term goals
7TOUCHTUNES
IMPACTS ON MORALE
Feel disconnectedFeel Frustrated
Feel unheardFeel alone
Feel unsupportedFeel confused
Feel uniformed Feel hopeless
Feel like everything is a fightFeel burnt out
Feel set up for failure
So how can we make it work?
9TOUCHTUNES
Making it work UTILIZATION OF THE RIGHT ONLINE TOOLS
• Support communication
• Support organization
• Support process
• Support collaboration
10TOUCHTUNES
Online ToolsSo Many Choices! Which one do I choose?
11TOUCHTUNES
Online ToolsEXPLORING SLACK
• Slack has allowed TouchTunes to create conversation channels for every project
• What it has done for us:• Reduced emails
• Real-time communication
• Project management
• File management
• Provided an archive
12TOUCHTUNES
Online CollaborationSLACK: THE RIGHT TOOL FOR TOUCHTUNESSlack’s partnerships have
allowed us to integrate in other tools to create 1 big super-tool. • Google Hangouts – Video
Conferencing• Dropbox – File storage &
Transfer• GitHub – Code related project
management• Trello – Roadmapping/Kanban• Google Drive – create, store,
collaborate on documents online
MTL team sharing a pic of a recent release celebration
Getting beyond digital
14TOUCHTUNES
Beyond DigitalGETTING “REAL” FACE-TIME
• Office visits
• Making time for socialization
• Getting out of the office
15TOUCHTUNES
Beyond DigitalTHE BENEFIT OF OFFICE VISITS
• Getting on the same page
• Getting a better sense of what people are working on
• Observing how people work
• Hashing out the hard stuff in person
• Opportunity to work on longer -term vision & strategy
16TOUCHTUNES
Beyond DigitalTHE BENEFITS OF GETTING OUT OF THE OFFICE
• Rent a Breather Space
• Do a little group field research
• your products• a competitor’s product• a workshop• a breather space
Check out:
17TOUCHTUNES
Beyond DigitalTHE BENEFITS OF MAKING TIME FOR SOCIALIZATION• Get to know one another
personally
• Shared experiences bring everyone together
• Group activities promote teamwork
• Go to lunch or dinner• Grab a drink• Karaoke• Bowling• Trivia Night
• Escape Rooms• Scavenger Hunt
Suggestions:
18TOUCHTUNES
IN SUMMARY
• Find online tools that work for your team to keep them in easy contact
• Make sure to visit and face-time
• Get out of the office for collaborative time
• Socialize and get to know one another
19TOUCHTUNES
Always Remember
• Digital solutions can never replace actual conversation (pick up the phone)
• Go with your gut – if something feels off, it probably is
• Pat yourselves on the back for your accomplishments – and make note of what you all want to improve
top related