Managing any type of team is difficult because it requires people management. Humans aren’t machines, we are complicated, emotional, and have the potential to be distracted.
The planning phase of your software development project is often overlooked, but it’s very important. While it can be tempting to rush into development without proper planning, this approach can lead to miscommunication, delays, unsatisfactory results, and unexpected costs.
Discussions about writing clean code and ensuring quality comes up often within software engineering circles. This can be attributed to an increase in the adoption of Agile techniques and issues related to technical debt (at many levels of development).
Building a distributed Agile development team is a great way to get some of the talent you need onboard to get the job done. Some entrepreneurs even claim that it’s the best way to build a successful startup.
When it comes to hiring staff, the process is pretty much standard when it comes to non-technical roles. But when it comes to filling positions that require technical individuals with highly specialized training, all the standard principles go right out of the window.
