That means online collaboration and meetings are now easier than ever to schedule. Like it or not, whether it’s temporary or long-term, remote work is simply a reality for software-development teams today.

Using these tools effectively starts by using them correctly. These tools have made remote work easier.īut not every situation is the same, and neither are the screen-sharing applications that development teams use. Thankfully, that didn’t happen, as plenty of collaboration tools, including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, and others, allow virtual collaboration and screen sharing. Engineers often had to adapt to new solutions. The only reliable way to collaborate with colleagues was to blindly discuss work through email and (gasp) the telephone. Even fewer homes had high-speed internet access than today. Videoconferencing and screen-sharing virtual meeting tools were brand new.

Imagine what would have happened if the pandemic occurred just five years earlier, and software development teams, along with everyone else, had been forced to work remotely.

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