26: Optimizing Team Structures
Drip successfully sailed through Black Friday and Cyber Monday unscathed with no queue backups or problems. Derrick has been thinking about shifting the Drip team structures after Black Friday weekend and is considering adopting more efficient workflows and processes. Ben and Derrick discuss different team structures, including those at Basecamp and Spotify. They also talk about team size, communication overhead, and growing revenue versus growing team size in business.
\n\nToday\u2019s Topics Include:
\n\nDrip\u2019s Black Friday success
\nTeam structure and restructuring teams at Drip
\nWork processes and discussing article Running in Circles by Ryan Singer
\nMutable requirements and engineering feedback
\nUphill Strategies and task deadlines
\nSpotify \u201csquads\u201d and team structures
\nCommunication overhead with large teams
Be sure to stick around at the end of the episode for Ben and Derrick\u2019s post-show chat.
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\n\nLinks and resources:
\n\nHQ Trivia App
\nRunning in Circles by Ryan Singer
\nThe 30-Day Code Quality Challenge
\nRefactoringRails.io
\nDrip