Going Completely Work-From-Home
This is almost a no-brainer for any kind of app development company because most of their employees can afford to work from home with minimal to zero disruption on workflow. There are even companies that make this arrangement for their staff right after they have been hired, which is why it shouldn’t really be a surprise that these companies were able to adapt to this recommendation without any bumps and technical issues.
For one, DCI’s work-from-home equipment, tools, and framework are already set up for plenty of our teams. Our virtual offices make good use of cloud technology to transmit data, as well as Google Docs and Drive for document sharing, which makes collaboration very convenient for everyone.
With the help of our dedicated developers who are well-trained to work remotely with zero issues, you will be able to partner with those who will give 100% focus and effort to your project. No more, no less.
The Matter of Communication
As for any need to meet with team members or report on the progress of a particular project, this can always be done in myriad team management platforms or any kind of collaboration app, for that matter. As long as everyone is informed of the meeting, ad-hoc or otherwise, and scheduling is well-planned, it’s relatively uncomplicated to coordinate everyone. This is most certainly the case in DCI.
Zoom, BaseCamp and WhatsApp are but some of the truly great communication apps that we use. Zoom, in particular, has plenty of features that fit perfectly for doing any kind of collaboration or coordinating office communication through screen-sharing. These apps also make communication readily available to everyone, which is always important to maintain any type of long-term fully work-from-home arrangement.
Planning Workflow
It can be understood that managing employees that are all working from home has its own unique challenges. Distractions, understandably, abound and with minimal supervision, it can be easy for any employee to stray from his current task. This is why we opt to make it known to everyone the tasks that should be prioritized every time they are assigned.
We deem this as one of the best approaches to take in such a setting where working hours tend to be sporadic and the hour quotas are rarely met. Our reasoning is that it is almost always better to complete the most complicated tasks first so they can then ease off and proceed to complete their other tasks with less stress.
That said, our managers and owners are open to the very real possibility that workflow will always be disrupted. Considering the seriousness of this pandemic, particularly its immense negative impact on how everyone can conduct their day-to-day activities, this should not be hard to accept by everyone.