10 Project Management Best Practices to manage remote teams effectively Project Management isn’t easy. The challenge increases manifold if there’s a remote team to be managed. You need the right set of people, processes, methodologies, tools and, most importantly attitude to successfully manage a remote team. Some of the top challenges of managing a remote team include ensuring consistent communication, flow of communication through the right channels, tracking progress regularly, respecting the time of all team members and not ignoring any team member. It may sound easy but when it comes to everyday management, it become a herculean task. Irrespective of the software development life cycle that you might follow, waterfall or agile, you need to ensure that you follow Project Management Best Practices to effectively manage a remote team. You might be dealing with an offshore team of developers, testers, engineers and team leaders. At times, you might choose to hire an offshore project manager to ensure the proximity with the team.
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If you follow the following 10 best practices, the likelihood of project success increases in many ways. 1. Get everyone on the same page Ensure that all team members understand the same terminologies, metrics and agree on the same communication channels since the beginning of the project. You must be considerate to the time zone differences and must let the team share their schedule beforehand. If all the team members are in sync