Metadata
- Author: Jason Yip
- Full Title:: My Critique of “The Spotify Model”: Part 1
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- URL:: https://jchyip.medium.com/my-critique-of-the-spotify-model-part-1-197d335ef7af
- Finished date:: 2023-02-04
Highlights
I think originally, there was a valid assumption that Squads had enough Agile background to make pretty good calls. As Spotify, and really the overall industry, has grown, there are more and more people with a shallow or warped understanding of Agile. (View Highlight)
Squads” at Spotify are not a synonym for “team” but specifically a cross-disciplinary, autonomous, product development team. Marty Cagan calls this an Empowered Product Team (View Highlight)
Common mistakes I saw with some Squads
• Insufficient cross-pollination amongst Squads leading to unnecessary variation and relearning; • Missing context for how the Squad’s mission fits within broader strategy — which can lead to Squads lasting longer than appropriate (View Highlight)
When faced with these problems, newly hired leaders might suggest “there’s too much autonomy” when the actual correct answer is “aligned autonomy” (see later). (View Highlight)
- Note: I have literally heard this answer
services are supposed to have clear Squad owners, if the owning Squad is too busy, a requesting Squad can make their own changes and submit it for review (View Highlight)