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16. Setting Sail: Outfitting for Distributed Teams

Alberto S. Silveira Jr.1  
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Mount Kisco, NY, USA
 

As we have seen throughout this book, when you work as a crew member on a boat, the working conditions must be optimized. Cleanliness and order are vital. Every piece of equipment must be clean, stored, and ready. This is what the term shipshape means, by the way. If you have ever used that term to describe an office or a project that is in good order, you are using a nautical term that has been used for centuries, to describe a vessel that ...

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