How to Adjust the IT Strategy to Maintain a Remote Workforce

The phenomenon of working remotely is increasing with each day passing. If the business were not accustomed to supporting the remote workers before then there is a high chance that they can experience the crash at the beginning of months. Most importantly, companies do not find some workflows of physical office translating into the virtual one that calls for adopting the latest tools and eliminating the old ones.

There is still noticeable space available to do work especially for the organizations looking to strengthen the remote IT infrastructure and enhance their remote processes if working from home becomes the long-term normal.

In this blog you will come across the ways that can be used to support the remote workforce so let’s dive into the main discussion:

  1. Think about new workflows
  2. Optimize tech stack for remote

Think About New Workflows

In the physical office environment, you can easily get the answer from your neighbor or can duck into the conference room to brainstorm. But when it comes to the remote setting, real-time collaboration is the challenge. “The workflows that typically work in an office, in a co-located fashion, does not map out into the remote-work culture,” Gonçalo Silva, chief technology officer at Doist, told Built In.

That is the reason that some companies consider adopting more asynchronous workflows. There is not punching in and out, you cannot expect that your employee will reply immediately in real-time. Asynchronous workflows are known to unlock more flexibility and keep communication very clear and accessible to everyone.

Optimize Tech Stack For Remote

Normally, employees rely on tools such as Slack and Microsoft that are being used in the office to perform day-to-day operations. It is better to bring the white boarding tools so that it would be possible to collaborate and continue in a very visual fashion. Whiteboarding tools refer to the digital canvases that enable real-time collaboration at the time of screen sharing are redundant when staff can huddle together in a physical workplace. It is better to consider when remote work is here.

Such as video chat, digital whiteboards are considered to replicate the feeling of working together in the same room. If companies are going to embrace async culture then they require retooling their stacks accordingly, simple continuing on with the same video conferencing and chat apps means do not cut them.

Hopefully, you found this blog very helpful and raised your knowledge. Businesses should implement helpful tools before sending staff to work from home for a longer period. Make sure that all departments are well connected to maintain consistency. It is the good time for companies to try out new collaboration tools and not renew the licenses of the old applications.

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