Squads -

Because the squad has engineers, designers, and testers in one room, they rarely need to wait on other teams.

The modern corporate usage of squads was largely popularized by the Spotify model in 2012. Struggling to scale without losing its disruptive startup culture, the streaming giant reorganized its engineering departments into small, nimble teams. The Ecosystem squads

Collections of several squads working in related business domains (usually kept under 100 people). Because the squad has engineers, designers, and testers

Organic, wide-reaching communities of interest for anyone across the company to share knowledge. Advantages The Ecosystem Collections of several squads working in

Groups based on shared competencies across squads (e.g., all UI designers across all squads meeting to maintain platform consistency).

Composed of professionals from diverse skill sets who can complete projects end-to-end.

Agile Team Organisation: Squads, Chapters, Tribes and Guilds