<p>As development teams become increasingly distributed across geographies, time zones and projects, they have to adopt new methods of working. More companies now allow and even encourage employees to work from home, and fewer companies enforce the rigid 9-to-5 schedule around which prior generations built their lives. So how do developers and their teams adapt to these changing working conditions? According to collaboration software specialist Atlassian, a new style of work requires a new set of tools that allows for both asynchronous and real-time collaboration, and supports agile methodology from concept to launch. New products for knowledge management, team chat and issue tracking combine to offer development teams an effective set of collaboration tools that help alleviate common workplace issues. Even so, many companies are slow to adopt new software. Check out this eWEEK slide show for examples of how a modern development team should work together using software that allows them to stay informed, connected and collaborativefrom the start of a project to the end.</p><p><a href="http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/slideshows/developer-collaboration-10-tips-to-make-app-development-more-efficient.html/">Keep reading...</a></p>