Metadata
- Author: blog.crisp.se
- Full Title:: SpotifyScaling
- Category:: 🗞️Articles
- Document Tags:: data team topologies, matrix organization,
- URL:: https://blog.crisp.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SpotifyScaling.pdf
- Finished date:: 2023-05-12
Highlights
The original Spotify model. Criticised in Failed SquadGoals
The chapter lead is line manager for his chapter members, with all the traditional responsibilities such as developing people, setting salaries, etc. However, the chapter lead is also part of a squad and is involved in the day-to-day work, which helps him stay in touch with reality. (View Highlight)
Wait a sec, isn’t this just a matrix org? Yes. Well, sort of. It’s a different type of matrix than what most of us are used to though. (View Highlight)
The horizontal dimension is for sharing knowledge, tools, and code. The job of the chapter lead is to facilitate and support this. (View Highlight)
These are the ones of Lean Software Development:
The matrix structure ensures that each squad member can get guidance on “what to build next” as well as “how to build it well”. This matches the “professor and entrepreneur” model recommended by Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck. The PO is the “entrepreneur” or “product champion”, focusing on delivering a great product, while the chapter lead is the “professor” or “competency leader”, focusing on technical excellence. There is a healthy tension between these roles, as the entrepreneur tends to want to speed up and cut corners, while the professor tends to want to slow down and build things properly. Both aspects are needed, that’s why it is a “healthy” tension. (View Highlight)