Our team works from Dhaka, Hamburg and Makkah. Here's how we keep projects moving when not everyone is awake at the same time.
Our team is spread across Dhaka, Hamburg and Makkah, and many of our clients are somewhere else again. That could easily mean slow replies and long waits. In practice, a few simple habits turn the time difference into an advantage.
Overlap on purpose
Every project has a short window each day when the client and the team are both online. We protect it. That’s when we hold check-ins, answer open questions and make decisions that need more than one person.
Everything else happens outside that window, so the overlap is never spent on work that could be done alone.
Write it down
When someone can’t just lean over and ask, writing becomes the main way work moves. We keep:
- One place for decisions: what was decided, by whom, and why
- Short daily notes: what was done, what’s next, and what’s blocked
- Recorded walkthroughs: a five-minute screen recording often replaces a meeting
A client in Europe can wake up to a clear update and a demo video, and reply before the Dhaka team starts their day.
Hand over, don’t hand off
When work moves between time zones, we hand over the context, not just the task. A good handover says what was tried, what didn’t work and what the next person should check first. It takes ten minutes to write and saves hours the next morning.
Keep the important moments live
Not everything works in writing. Kick-offs, design reviews and launch days happen live, on a call, with everyone who needs to be there. We schedule them early and treat them as fixed.
What it means for clients
For most clients, the time difference means work keeps going while they sleep. They finish the day with a question and start the next one with an answer. If you’d like to see how that would work for your project, get in touch.
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