Alright I’m struggling with a big change at my company. When I first hired in as ScrumMaster the development teams I worked with were completely co-located with a one maybe two developers a day working from home. In the last 3-4 months the company has been transforming and moving to a more telecommute workplace. With this we have been encouraged to work more from home / remote. Therefore the majority of the team I work with is working remotely more than in the office. Further the company is moving and pushing the telecommute thing even move in that when you come to the office it’s ‘free for all’ seating. Team is stating they will be working from home even more.
The question I have is how can I as a ScrumMaster stay motivated and really be on topic of things happening within the team when everyone is now scattered and remote? I used to overhear conversations and get involved being immersed with the team in the office and I’m not sure how I do that being remote or even in the office with the team being scattered to the winds in the new office. Anyone go through or have a similar environment they can share they experiences on?
I’ve dealt with remote teams before but it was different in that the teams I deal with remote were all co-located. I’ve never dealt with EVERYONE being remote the majority of the time.
Thanks in advance for any insights or thoughts here. Or if you have more questions about what I’m feeling fire away. Just feeling very defeated at the moment as I took this job a year ago with one of the primary reasons being the team was all co-located as I work better that way personally.
Todd