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A Guide to Building Agile Innovation Squads: Boosting Creativity…
In the context of product development, “Squads” is a term often associated with the Spotify model, which is an agile framework used by the music streaming company Spotify and has been adopted by other organisations as well. In product development, Squads refer to small, autonomous teams of individuals with cross-functional skills who work together on specific features or components of a product. These teams are designed to be self-organising and self-sufficient, responsible for delivering value to the product and, ultimately, the customer.
Key characteristics of Squads in product development include but are not limited to the following:
Cross-Functional Expertise
Each Squad is composed of members with diverse skills relevant to the tasks at hand. For example, a Squad might consist of software developers, designers, quality assurance testers, and other roles necessary to complete a specific feature or function.
This can be staggered. For example, for your project, you may only need validation or research at a particular stage. In such cases, you can assemble a dedicated research or validation squad to fulfil that specific mission. Once the validation or research is successfully completed, that squad has fulfilled its mission and is no longer needed. At this point, another squad can be formed to address the next stage or objective in your project.
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