What is the best way to manage a dedicated remote team in Jira?

I would just quickly add that if you're looking for async work and collaboration, we've found out that Loom is a really cool thing to use!

It would depend on what mindset people already have and how you currently handle things (from the PM part to actual collaboration on whatever you're working on), but if, for example, shifts do not overlap, one dev team finishes something and another needs to continue the work, they can record a quick Loom and just share it on a ticket or some messaging channel.

As for the Jira itself, if you're tracking everything there, having a PM is really useful, but what we also recently introduced are Rovo agents that actually review the last day and the current day and behave like mini PMs that coordinate everything. It reduces a lot of the workload for the actual person who used to go through all of the things manually. 🚀

Hi @Team Creatricx 

I can share my experience from the employee side, rather than from the perspective of someone managing a remote team.

I worked remotely from Ecuador with an Italian team for about six years. I was in a different country and even in a different time zone, but we didn't need daily meetings to stay aligned or to know what was happening.

For me, one of the most important things is having clear objectives and priorities. The objectives don't necessarily have to be visible to everyone, but each person should understand what is expected from them and what the team is trying to achieve.

In my case, we had a weekly meeting every Wednesday where we discussed updates, blockers, and anything that needed attention. The team leader, however, didn't need to meet with me every day to know how things were going. Jira gave him visibility into how many tickets we had, how many were in progress, how many had been escalated, and whether something was getting delayed. If there was a problem, we communicated it and worked together to resolve it.

There were certainly days when work accumulated, but usually there was a specific reason behind it. I think this is important because remote work shouldn't be about having a "watcher" constantly checking what everyone is doing. Jira should provide visibility and transparency, not surveillance.

Of course, this also depends heavily on the people involved. Communication and empathy are just as important as the tools. I was fortunate to work with colleagues who were always willing to answer my questions and help when I needed it. And honestly, if communication and empathy are missing, a team won't work well even if everyone is sitting in the same office.

So, from my experience, I'd focus on:

• Clear objectives and priorities.

• A well-defined Jira workflow that reflects the actual work.

• Jira dashboards/boards to provide visibility without micromanagement.

• Regular but purposeful meetings rather than meetings just for the sake of monitoring people.

• Clear communication when something is blocked or delayed.

• And, perhaps most importantly, trust and empathy between team members.

Jira can help a distributed team stay synchronized, but I don't think Jira itself is what makes a remote team work. The processes and, especially, the people do.

Marcelo

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