What is site to Site Ambassadors for Offshore Development in Software System?

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Agile methods stress the importance of face to face human interaction. Even if everyone cannot be co-located, moving some people about clearly helps a lot. It is better to decide to ensure those at all times someone from the US team present in India to facilitate the communication. Such an ambassador already knows the US based people and thus adds his personal contacts to help everyone communicate.





Gossip communication?





One of the main job an ambassador is to communicate gossip. On any project there's a lot of informal communication. While much of this isn't important, some of it is - and the trouble is that you can't tell which is which. So part of an ambassadors job is to communicate lots of tidbits which don't seem important enough for more formal communication channels.





It is better to circulate the ambassadors every few months, since if an ambassador spends too long abroad they lose contact with home. This makes it easier for the ambassadors, who don't want to be away for too long. It also allows more people to get to know the remote team by spending time as an ambassador. In choosing ambassadors it's very important to pay attention to individual needs and preferences. Some people don't want to spend several months thousands of miles away from home, so they shouldn't be ambassadors.