Invest in the concept of having team ambassadors, people that ensure good working relationships A Wiki culture, or information sharing philosophy is going to be very important, more so than with co-located teams You are going to need more meat on that product backlog to physical counter the absence of key people.
Horizontal communication must be encouraged and drive Distance isn’t such a problem, time zones are! “When transitioning to a distributed team, err on the side of over-communicating.” Additions you’d need to accommodate in the framework you are using:Meetings will require slack time, people are going to catch up (and rightfully so) whether you like it or not.