Squads

Collections of several squads working in related business domains (usually kept under 100 people).

The modern corporate usage of squads was largely popularized by the Spotify model in 2012. Struggling to scale without losing its disruptive startup culture, the streaming giant reorganized its engineering departments into small, nimble teams. The Ecosystem

Composed of professionals from diverse skill sets who can complete projects end-to-end.

Agile Team Organisation: Squads, Chapters, Tribes and Guilds

Because the squad has engineers, designers, and testers in one room, they rarely need to wait on other teams.