We previously touched on the subject of setting up an open and honest physical environment to help reinforce open, honest, and collaborative ways of work. This is all well and good if the teams are collocated, however trying to recreate this with geographically diverse teams can be a tricky problem to solve. It all depends on the time zone differences and, to some extent, the differences in culture.
I use the word culture again here on purpose. As previously stated, culture is very important to the success of CD an DevOps adoption, and we focused on corporate and organizational culture. When it comes to things that can and will trip you up, geographical, geo-political, or social-group culture differences can be high on the list. When you have teams or team members involved that don't necessarily share the same outlook or values as you (or the...
