Patterns of Remote Work Environments
Six organizational patterns of remote work environments are presented in this paper: Unofficial Meetings, Remote Mentor, Unified Communication Channels, Standard Operating Procedures, Information Hub, and Cut Meetings.
Abstract
People are more and more in a position to work remotely. They face the same problems of establishing and running remote work environments over and over again. In order to help them a bit, six organizational patterns of remote work environments are presented in this paper: Unofficial Meetings, Remote Mentor, Unified Communication Channels, Standard Operating Procedures, Information Hub, and Cut Meetings. The patterns come from a firsthand remote work experience obtained in a company focusing on quality assurance through a crowd testing methodology where software companies get real users to test their newest products.