agilenyc : agile day 2015 - spotify

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Scaling  Agile  at  Spo.fy  NYC Agile Day 2015 Joakim Sundén and Andy Park Spotify

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Joakim Sundén Agile Coach at Spotify since 2011 @joakimsunden

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Andy Park Agile Coach at Spotify since 2014

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The right music for every moment

2011

2015

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75M+ MAU 20M+ paying subs 1.5B+ playlists

June 2015 March 2011 10M+ MAU 1M+ paying subs

300+ employees 250M+ playlists

1700+ employees 3 dev sites 5 dev sites

7 Paid more than $3B in royalties by June 2015 and $300M+ in

first three months of 2015 alone

US Music industry according to RIAA, is valued at $6.972B in

2014

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Autonomy

•  “Feel like a mini-startup” •  Self-organizing •  Cross-functional

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Music Player Tribe

Backend

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Gais Krill Trams

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QA/TA (+AC)

Core

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Guilds

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The reporting structure

Alliance lead

Tribe lead Tribe lead

Chapter lead

Engineer Engineer Engineer

Chapter lead Agile coaches

Tribe lead

CTO

Alliance lead Tribe lead

CEO

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Tribe lead Tribe lead Tribe lead

Chapter lead

Engineer Engineer Engineer

Chapter lead Agile coaches

supporting The reporting structure

CTO

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CEO

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Organic structure If you need to know exactly

who is making decisions,you are in the wrong place

Alignment  &  Autonomy  

Alignment False dichotomy!

Do what I say!

Autonomy

Do whatever

Alignment  enables  Autonomy  

High Alignment

High Autonomy

Build a bridge!

Micromanaging organization Indifferent culture

Entrepreneurial organization Chaotic culture

Authoritative organization Conformist culture

Innovative organization Collaborative culture

We need to cross the river

Figure out how!We need to cross

the river

Low Alignment

Low Autonomy

Hope someone is working on the river

problem…

Source: Stephen Bungay, “Art of Action”

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Values Culture Org Structure Empowerment Autonomy Squads Trust Servant leadership Chapters Collaboration Teamwork Teams on all levels

Joakim Sundén @joakimsunden

joakim.sunden@spotify.com www.joakimsunden.com

Andy Park apark@spotify.com

www.linkedin.com/in/andyhpark  

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