yuriy golikov, wrike: team of teams how to organize effective development of big product
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Team of teams:How to organize effective development of big product
Yuri Golikov, Sr. Director of Engineering
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➔ Functional teams◆ 10+ Front-end developers◆ 15+ Back-end developers◆ 10+ QA engineers
➔ 5+ year legacy code
➔ Releasing 1 big feature per quarter
What did we have in mid 2015
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➔ Speed-up featuredevelopment
➔ Provide scalability for future growth
➔ Provide transparency
Which goals did we set
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➔ Divided product into scopes
➔ Organized cross-functional teams
➔ Introduced Scrum
What did we do
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Recap of timing for changes
Jan 1, 2016 Feb 1, 2016 Apr 1, 2016
Decided to introduce cross-functional teams
Launch of all teams, Scrum everywhere
First big release
Mar 1, 2016
Launch of the first team, trying Scrum
Highly productive quarter
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Results: what did we release in Q2 2016
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Was it a battle?
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No, just some difficulties
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What differs from canons?
Multiple teams working on the same product
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Which structure did we get
Front-End Back-End QA UX Product
Team 1
Team 2
Team 3
Team 4
Team 5
...
Team N
SCRUM TEAMS TECHNOLOGY STACK
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What else differs from canons?
Big technical debt
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How do we progress
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➔ Yes and No
➔ No single Managers, there are Roles◆ Product Owner◆ Technical Leadership◆ People Manager
Finally, teams with no manager?
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95%
Some proof
of Wrikers think that Wrike is the best company they’ve ever worked for
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96%
Some proof
of Wrikers keep interested in
their responsibilities and the
product and believe that their
contribution brings value for
the product and the company
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97%
Some proof
of Wrikers like the
atmosphere created
in Wrike
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98%
Some proof
of Wrikers would
like to work at
Wrike for at least
another year