Why Productivity Measurements Matter with Offshore
https://vimeo.com/161479962Productivity measurement is an essential process for any team. Check out the video to learn what you need to know when it comes to productivity and offshore, or check out some related articles. Do you Need a Dedicated Scrum Master? Agile and Scrum, Lean and Kanban: a Brief History How to Set Up Trello for […]
Why you Must Make Sure your Offshore Vendor has Employee Training
The seventh in our series about evaluating an offshore vendor. Make sure your vendor has ongoing training opportunities. For more information about employee training, check out the links below. 7 Reasons Why Your Company Should Have Been Training its Employees by Now. Have you Written off Offshoring? Learn What Changed this CIO’s Mind. [Video Transcription] […]
Why a Vendor’s HR Department is so Important
https://vimeo.com/158969499The sixth in our series about evaluating an offshore vendor. Make sure you understand the value of a human resources department. For more info related to this topic, check out some of our articles below. How to Make your Employees Happy, Productive, and Want to Stick Around 5 Resolutions for you and your Coworkers in 2016 […]
Examining your Offshore Vendor’s Working Conditions
https://vimeo.com/152743406Workplace culture determines the quality of your team’s work, and the retention of your employees. Watch the video above to learn about how to evaluate an offshore vendor and their workplace environment. Check out these links to read more about how we craft a workplace culture that leads to long term retention. Retaining Employees: Infographic […]
Evaluating a Vendor’s Retention Strategy [video]
https://vimeo.com/151952884The 4th video in our series on how to evaluate an offshore vendor is all about retention. Check out the video to understand the importance of employee retention for you, your team, and your product. Check out the links below for EC Group’s tips on how to boost your company’s retention. Retaining Employees: Infographic How […]
Making Communication with Offshore Developers Work [video]
https://vimeo.com/152708051 Have you ever worked with an offshore vendor and felt like you never had the opportunity to meet with the people doing your development work? Did you feel like you were being shielded from your team because things weren’t going well? Communication with offshore developers is just as important as communication with people on […]
How Bench Resources Hurt Software Developer Retention
https://vimeo.com/151952637 If you’re looking for an offshore vendor, be aware that most just assign their clients a set of bench resources. This might not seem like a problem, in fact it might seem completely reasonable. But think about it this way: offshore vendors are notorious for their high attrition rates of their employees—attrition ends up […]
How does Getting out of the Office Make Teams Stronger?
Receive content like this and more in your inbox! Video Transcript: There’s an old piece of advice that people give to someone contemplating getting married, and they say take a trip with that person. If you go and you spend seven days on a road trip with them and you come back and you still want to get married, […]
The Importance of Communication Tools (video)
Is your lousy office communication tool slowing down your team’s progress? Here’s advice on how to choose a tool that’s right for you. Video Transcript: Any tools are a large part of communication when you’re talking, especially, about a team that’s distributed or remote. So it comes down to really three aspects when looking at tools […]
Team Communication: the Water Cooler (video)
Do you love water cooler talk, or hate it? Here’s a short video on why it’s actually very important (especially for distributed teams). Video Transcript: It’s so easy to get into the habit of when you’re communicating with your team, to just start talking about deliverables. Start talking about things that you need ASAP. Things […]
