{"id":1708,"date":"2011-01-26T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.plataformatec.com.br\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2011-01-28T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:48:52","slug":"six-good-practices-that-have-improved-our-team-productivity-plataforma-tec-full-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.plataformatec.com.br\/2011\/01\/six-good-practices-that-have-improved-our-team-productivity-plataforma-tec-full-version\/","title":{"rendered":"[full-version] Six good practices that have improved our team productivity \u2013 The Plataforma Tec Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

[as some of you might have noticed, I\u00a0accidentally clicked on “Publish” on my draft version, here is the full version\u00a0of the post. Sorry about that]<\/p>\n

*Though this blog post was written for any audience, there is a chance that you’ll be more interested if\u00a0\u00a0you are a\u00a0startuper<\/a> or running a\u00a0knowledge workers<\/a> based company.<\/em><\/p>\n

A year ago I was writing about a few\u00a0uncertainties\u00a0that we faced while starting up Plataforma Tec<\/a> and how we dealt with them. We know that we still have a lot to learn,\u00a0but now that another 12 months have passed by we are feeling much more solid and confident about what we’re building.<\/p>\n

As last year’s post, this will also be about sharing our thoughts and\u00a0a few practices that have been helping us a lot in creating a\u00a0company culture\u00a0and\u00a0leveraging\u00a0our team into its best.\u00a0I hope you enjoy and find them useful!<\/p>\n

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what a team! =D<\/p><\/div>\n

We believe that (…)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)… mastering our work IS our work<\/strong><\/p>\n

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"better and better and better"<\/p><\/div>\n

We constantly tell people and customers “hire us only if you need a well developed application” (for example: a web application that will provide a revenue stream or will constantly have new features). This is one of our main assets and our main\u00a0differentiation\u00a0in this price competitive industry. Frankly, this strategy has been working fine for us but in order to keep it running this way, we are\u00a0constantly looking for\u00a0mastering our work all the time. Otherwise, if we don’t, there will be a great chance of losing our competitive\u00a0edge.<\/p>\n

2)… responsibility comes along with autonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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"with great power, comes great responsibility"<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

In last year’s post we mentioned that we only hire professionals that we feel\u00a0comfortable\u00a0giving autonomy, but it’s important to remember that it must be used very carefully. So,\u00a0although autonomy makes a great pair with the constant search for mastery, don’t forget to be very cautious when dealing with\u00a0decisions\u00a0that might have a great impact in your company. We usually handle this kind of situation with two simple practices:<\/p>\n