| |July 20209AS THEY SAY, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, THE PEOPLE NEED MONEY IN TERMS OF SALARY TO KEEP THEMSELVES FREE OF DEBT, THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THIS PANDEMIC, MOST OF THE IT COMPANIES ARE NOW ALLOWING THEIR EMPLOYEES TO WORK FROM HOMEHere are some ways how the IT Industry is grappling with this pandemic:Work from Home ­ As they say, the show must go on, the people need money in terms of salary to keep themselves free of debt, there is work to be done. Because of the severity of this pandemic, most of the IT companies are now allowing their employees to work from home as a precautionary measure as it encourages social distancing which is highly re-quired to stop the spread of coro-navirus. It also lets people avoid travelling and keep themselves isolated in their homes without affecting their work.Follow up of Distributed Work-flow Management­With daily stand-ups and sprint planning. Nowadays technology has pro-gressed so much that one can eas-ily reach another in many ways. There are a number of online plat-forms that can be used for team meetings, work follow-ups and time management. IT companies are working the same way in the current situation, with the avail-able platforms they organize dai-ly standup meetings for follow up of distributed workflow manage-ment and product backlog items and keep up with planning & communication.Outsourcing IT Operations ­ In some cases, many IT compa-nies are outsourcing their IT op-erations by hiring offshore IT re-sources. This may speed up their processes which are suffering be-cause of the unavailability of ex-isting staff due to the pandemic.Cloud-based Team software for communication ­ Communi-cation helps in multiplying the efficiency of the team and the company. It improves the over-all process of working and helps in collaboration among the team members. The cloud-based team software offers a robust way to stay connected, improve overall productivity and improved pro-ductivity means improved work-flow. The team can use chat, make audio and video calls, share files and keep the workflow as normal as they work from their tradition-al office. Versioning tools like Git ­ Ef-fective collaboration between team members of different do-mains working together is im-portant for an organization to carry its operations effectively. Git allows software engineers to work and share code with their team on the fly while maintaining different versions. Coronavirus is a serious out-break that must be dealt with ex-treme caution. There may be some solutions in the coming months but for now, what all industries can do is wait and watch, encour-age isolation and social distanc-ing by supporting total lockdown.Stay Home Stay Safe! C I
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