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How does a great software development team structure look like

How does a great software development team structure look like

The most important aspect is that teams are continuously delivering business value and delighting our customers!

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Software development teams are the core of delivering value to the customers. Having a great structure for your teams will ensure that teams can effectively and efficiently deliver new software iterations.

When structuring teams it’s important to note that every organization is different. You need to structure teams in a way that they will best fit to support the business. The other way around does not work - business will not adapt to the structure of the teams.

Let’s start with the base question. Splitting by ownership or function?

Split teams by ownership or function?

When choosing the right structure for the teams, the key decision you need to make is to choose whether you wish to have:

  1. Teams that have ownership of a particular part of a project/product.

Team members consist of people from different disciplines to best fit the needs of a project/product. The team consists of:

  • Engineers,

  • QA,

  • PM,

  • Design,

  • Other.

Pro: Teams can move fast by having full ownership and responsibility for their …

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