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Here’s How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs ‘Squads’ Like Lean Startups

Here’s How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs ‘Squads’ Like Lean Startups | Dev Breakthroughs | Scoop.it

What’s the secret to staying fresh, lean and mean when you’re a hot tech company on a fast growth trajectory? A fascinating document brought to our attention today today by Andrew Mager, hacker advocate at Spotify, answers that question in some detail by telling us how the music streaming juggernaut does it: by dividing up its business into small clusters — which it calls ‘squads’ — and running each like a startup in its own right.

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Understanding Designer-Developer Workflow

Understanding Designer-Developer Workflow | Dev Breakthroughs | Scoop.it

The most appealing software applications developed today are produced by a close collaboration of designers and developers. Unfortunately, the existing development and design tools have been a barrier that keeps everyone from working with a productive workflow. As of late, rich Internet application (RIA) technologies such as Silverlight, WPF, Flex, and client-side HTML5/JavaScript have attempted to destroy this barrier with varying degrees of success.

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