1 “Spotify” Model

Using the “Spotify” Model, describe the following terms:

• Chapter
• Tribe
• Squad

Why does this models favor trust over control? And Community over structure?

How does this model influence their software architecture?

2 Problems with the “Spotify” Model

Using the “#FailedSquadGoals” article, what does that say about the Spotify model? And why?

Did they really change the matrix organisation? How does this article try to solve these shortcommings?

THe article talks about autonomy, what is their view on how the “Spotify” dealt with autonomy?

3 Larman’s Law of Organisational Behavior

How does the “#FailedSquadGoals”, The “Spotify” model and Larman’s law relate?

How does Larman’s Law eplain the change of vocabulary? And what happened there?

4 Load Testing

In this one spin up a local site to test on!

DO NOT LOAD TEST AN SITE IN PRODUCTION THAT YOU ARE NOT THE OWNER OF! UNLESS EXPLICIT PERMISSION HAVE BEEN GIVEN!

Try setting up Gatlink and create a test report using this tutorial: Gatlink Quickstart .

Go through the generated scenario. Anything that standsout? Try to play around with the generated code.

5 Trademarks

Can the article from McKinsey&Company explain the problems with the “Spotify” Model? How does the McKinsey&Company article depect the organisation compared to “Spotify”?

This article mentions a Noth-Star, how could that have improved the “Spotify” model?