Working with remote teams is not always easy: different timezones, different communication styles, different cultures. But what do you do when your immediate team is remote and you're working with a worldwide open source community? The IBM mainframe OpenStack team is spread across three continents (NA, Asia and Europe) and has faced a fair share of challenges with integrating their team together and into the OpenStack community. Over the past year, AT&T launched a new distributed team of Community contributors. They also initiated a new working group with globally distributed participation. They have been struggling with the challenges of working effectively as a team across a diverse geographies and cultures. The discussion will deal with tips for tools and teamwork. We'll also talk about what challenges we still face. At the end there will be plenty of time for audience questions and a panel style discussion.
Attendees should expect to learn what's worked and hasn't worked for two companies managing distributed teams across OpenStack. They'll discover tools and techniques that have made these companies successful. They'll also get a chance to ask questions about their own challenges.
