I heard of one telecommuting company who flew everyone to one location every couple of months, and he reported great productivity increases.
What are you doing to increase moral?
Are you providing regular thought out requirements? Tied together with some sort of joined up thinking - not just random whims. Nothing worse than them getting a part requiremnt, you expecting them to get on with it, and then you moaning at what they've produced. Either be available to talk through requirements ALL the time when someone is working on a unit of work, or provide solid requirements.
Are you having regular releases? Something to celebrate.
Nothing more demoralising than endless todos.
Do you have a goal for your current iteration?
Do you have development iterations? (fortnightly or weekly sprints seem to work well for a lot of people)
What are you doing to mark the end of the week? One telecommuting company I know has a virtual beer together, on a Friday at the same time, to review the weeks progress.
Have you provided an environment to screen share with ease?
Essential for talking through how to approach a problem, or figuring out why something isn't working.
Hmm. I work in an office. I'm about 2000% (add more zeros) more productive than at home. I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice off actual telecommuters.
I heard of one telecommuting company who flew everyone to one location every couple of months, and he reported great productivity increases.
What are you doing to increase moral?
Are you providing regular thought out requirements? Tied together with some sort of joined up thinking - not just random whims. Nothing worse than them getting a part requiremnt, you expecting them to get on with it, and then you moaning at what they've produced. Either be available to talk through requirements ALL the time when someone is working on a unit of work, or provide solid requirements.
Are you having regular releases? Something to celebrate. Nothing more demoralising than endless todos. Do you have a goal for your current iteration? Do you have development iterations? (fortnightly or weekly sprints seem to work well for a lot of people) What are you doing to mark the end of the week? One telecommuting company I know has a virtual beer together, on a Friday at the same time, to review the weeks progress. Have you provided an environment to screen share with ease? Essential for talking through how to approach a problem, or figuring out why something isn't working.
Hmm. I work in an office. I'm about 2000% (add more zeros) more productive than at home. I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice off actual telecommuters.