Cross-Functional Teams (145) & Working Groups (150)

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• Diverse perspectives lead to better product solution
• Small (≤10 people), otherwise the costs of communication are too much
• Encourages knowledge transfer between engineers ****and designers
• Communication & feedback are faster now that design and engineering are lateral
• Fosters empathy, respect, and fun
• Shared ownership dampens politics

Pitfalls

• Ensure designers can get feedback from other designers
• Lone designers may find themselves at odds with developers. Do we really need that transition? Consider developing Design Values that may serve as guiding principles

Processes

Design standups (105)

Retrospectives

Postmortems (109)

Premortems