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The Spotify Model of Scaling – Spotify Doesn’t Use It, Neither Should You

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

The “ Spotify Model ” probably isn’t a model and definitely isn’t what is currently practiced at Spotify today. Culture will eat any structure. That said, if I don’t summarize those labels, you will look elsewhere anyway, so here we go: Squad : effectively a Scrum team with a new name.

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Cross-Functional Teams in Product Development: Definition, Principles and Examples

Altexsoft

For this, companies need to carefully design their teams, set clear goals and processes, and cultivate the culture of mutual trust and communication between employees with different expertise. In practice, cross-functional teams often use Agile development methodologies like Scrum , Kanban , XP , etc. What is a сross-functional team?

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Lean coffee “cheat sheet”

Xebia

Let’s have a look at the official definition: Lean Coffee is a structured, but agenda-less meeting. It’s a simple yet powerful way to discuss important topics in a team without any upfront costs. Yet, this format is surprisingly often unknown to the people I work with. What is a lean coffee?

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