Is Spotify a good example?

A deck presented in Warsaw at the Agile By Example 2016 conference.

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1. Is Spotify a good example?
   Agile By Example 2016
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2. #abe16
   @mfloryan
   

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5. “I believe in this concept, but the
   implementation described above
   is risky and invites failure.”
   Dr. Winston W. Royce
   

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9. Marcin Floryan
   Chapter Lead in Media Path tribe
   Experience Platform
   

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10. Disclaimer
    Not official
    

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11. Model (noun)
    ‣ a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically
    on a smaller scale than the original
    ‣ a thing used as an example to follow or imitate
    ‣ a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist
    calculations and predictions
    ‣ a person employed to display clothes by wearing them
    ‣ a particular design or version of a product
    Oxford Dictionary of English
    

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12. Model (noun)
    ‣ a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically
    on a smaller scale than the original
    ‣a thing used as an example to follow or imitate
    ‣ a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist
    calculations and predictions
    ‣ a person employed to display clothes by wearing them
    ‣ a particular design or version of a product
    

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15. ๏ 10 years old
    ๏ 100M users
    ๏ 30M subscribers
    ๏ 59 markets
    ๏ 5 dev offices
    ๏ 2000+ employees
    ๏ 100+ squads
    Spotify 2016
    

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16. Model (noun)
    ‣ a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically
    on a smaller scale than the original
    ‣a thing used as an example to follow or imitate
    ‣ a simplified description, especially a mathematical one, of a system or process, to assist
    calculations and predictions
    ‣ a person employed to display clothes by wearing them
    ‣ a particular design or version of a product
    

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17. Model (noun)
    ‣ a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale
    than the original
    ‣ a thing used as an example to follow or imitate
    ‣a simplified description, especially a mathematical
    one, of a system or process, to assist calculations and
    predictions
    ‣ a person employed to display clothes by wearing them
    ‣ a particular design or version of a product
    

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20. “Shout it out and I’ll tell
    you how it doesn’t quite
    work that way”
    Jason Yip, Agile Coach at Spotify
    

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22. “Culture is an abstraction, yet the
    forces that are created in social
    and organisational situations
    deriving from culture are powerful.
    Edgar H. Schein
    

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23. “If we don’t understand the
    operation of these forces,
    we become victim to them”
    Edgar H. Schein
    

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24. Schein culture model
    

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25. Under the surface
    

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26. Autonomy
    We assume…
    

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32. Autonomy
    Mastery
    Purpose
    

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33. Build projects around motivated
    individuals.
    Give them the environment and
    support they need,
    and trust them to get the job done.
    

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34. Collaboration
    We assume…
    

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37. The most efficient and effective
    method of
    conveying information to and
    within a development
    team is face-to-face conversation.
    

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38. Potential
    We assume…
    

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40. Pelle 1:1
    

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43. Diversity
    We assume…
    

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45. Long term
    We assume…
    

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46. Agile processes promote
    sustainable development.
    The sponsors, developers, and
    users should be able
    to maintain a constant pace
    indefinitely.
    

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47. Learning
    We assume…
    

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48. “We aim to make
    mistakes faster than
    anyone else”
    

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50. At regular intervals, the team
    reflects on how
    to become more effective, then
    tunes and adjusts
    its behavior accordingly.
    

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52. “Only as we examine and test our
    theoretical assumptions can we hope to
    make them more adequate, to remove
    inconsistencies, and thus to improve our
    ability to predict.”
    Douglas McGregor
    

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53. “To improve effectively, you
    can’t act blindly. Instead, you
    must understand mechanism.”
    Jason Yip, Agile Coach at Spotify
    

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54. “Stop trying to borrow wisdom and
    think for yourself. Face your difficulties
    and think and think and think and solve
    your problems yourself.”
    Taiichi Ohno
    

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55. Thank you!
    Marcin Floryan
    Chapter Lead at Spotify
    Questions? @mfloryan
    Looks like a place you want to work at? Ask me!
    

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