# Choosing and working with a team

> What to check before you hire a design and engineering team, and how the work runs from the very first ticket once you have.

Source: https://lastdoorsolutions.com/blog/topic/choosing-a-team

- [Async communication with an outside development team, from sixteen years of tickets](https://lastdoorsolutions.com/blog/async-communication-with-a-development-team): How Anchor Wave and LastDoor kept thousands of jobs moving for sixteen years in writing, with fewer than five meetings a year, and five checks for yours.