Lessons learned from scaling our engineering team

Engineering structure today

Small mission teams that are empowered by meaningful ownership and the freedom to experiment to accomplish the team’s goals.

Small mission teams

Diverse and cross-functional

Minimal external dependencies

Learnings

● Team needs to fit in a meeting room

● Focus is key, rather say no than later

● Product is no longer communication bottleneck

Clear goals

Quarterly Objectives (OKRs)

Learnings

● Great tool to clarify priorities between Product and Engineering

● No to-do lists

● Objectives need to be checked regularly

Meaningful ownership

Learnings

● Needs buy-in from the whole company

● Transparent prioritization inside team

Freedom to experiment

A/B test every change

Learnings

● Many small steps are better than bigger launches

● Product Managers help prioritize and simplifying experiments

● Set meaningful expectations for experiments within the company

Our blueprint for scale

Small mission teams that are empowered by meaningful ownership and the freedom to experiment to accomplish the team’s goals.

Thank you!pascal@getyourguide.com

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