Support for the Spotify model
No matter your approach to scaling agile, we're here to help.
The Spotify model is a people-driven, autonomous framework for scaling agile while emphasizing the importance of culture and network.
This methodology uses Squads, Tribes, Chapters, and Guilds – the foundation of which is the Squad, which acts like a Scrum team. The Squad self-organizes and determines the best way to work, from Scrum sprints, to Kanban, to a hybrid approach. The Squad is single-product and single-project focused.
A product owner prioritizes and manages the backlog for the Squad while an agile coach works with them to accelerate transformation. A Tribe is a group of Squads that are working on a common area. The Tribe is co-located with the Squad and limited to 100 people. Chapters are part of a Squad and are a group of team members working together. Last is the Guild, a group of people with shared interests.
How Jira Align supports the Spotify model
Tribes, Chapters & Guilds
Full support for all of the networking constructs included in the Spotify model including Squads and Chapter-based skill sets.
Roadmaps
Create and communicate a shared vision at the team and team-of-teams (Program) level for what the organization will build and release over time.
Risks
Manage and reduce risk by improving visibility and driving mitigations with risk management models like ROAM.
Team visibility
Maintain the connection to your current Jira or other team tools and manage the data at the team-of-teams level.
Team rooms
Bring teams together for meetings and chats while you monitor team progress at the sprint level, connecting it to strategy.
Unified work tree
Get an overview of all work items in a PI and a drill-down hierarchy of progress at each work item level, by strategy, across teams.
Team meetings
Plan, execute, and track work in online ceremonies with a live view of how everyone is doing and where you are blocked.
Kanban
Visualize the work flowing through the system while limiting work in progress so the system matches its capacity.
Dependencies
Reduce delays with dependency management and see the results of better coordination and work across teams.
Lean UX/UI
Stakeholders vote on the design of a Lean use case tied to personas and experience maps.
Forecasting
Allocate epics, features, or capabilities among teams and achieve a good fit within the release.
Story maps
Organize your product backlog and frame the user journey as it is tied to execution.
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Portfolio management
Communicate the value of funding strategic initiatives to investors, analysts, and employees.
Product management
Manage idea intake, prioritize your feature backlog, and track progress with live roadmaps.
Program management
Track and resolve program risks, impediments, and dependencies while keeping everyone informed.
Release train
Ensure programs run smoothly and resources are perfectly allocated to nail on-time delivery.
Finance
Ensure Initiatives maximize value, right-size scope and stay within budget from end to end.
Executives
Drive enterprise value of your high-level mission and vision while connecting strategy to execution.
Transformation teams
Drive digital transformation with a framework customized to scale agile in your enterprise.
Delivery teams
Execute against sprint work that tracks back to your organization's high-level strategy.
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