The Spotify Model: Demystified and Made Applicable
The Spotify Model is a very loosely defined “framework” for agile at scale.
The canonical “documentation” consists mainly of an outdated white paper which is a snapshot of Spotify’s way of working in 2012 and two videos from 2014 on the engineering culture of Spotify captured mostly by a consultant who says himself that he was “just the messenger”. If you want to learn more than that, you have to wade through a vast amount of presentations and articles, many of them published by Spotify employees saying things like “there is no Spotify model”, “don’t copy the Spotify model” and “you can do better than the Spotify model”. In spite of the scarcity of even semi-official descriptions and the many cautionary tales, “the Spotify model” continues to appeal to many organizations and it has been adopted in one way or the other by thousands of organizations.
However, what is the Spotify model really all about? What are the essentials of the Spotify model? Is there really something like “the” Spotify model?
This Essence for Agility meetup event will present “Spotify Essentials”, which is the Spotify Model described using Essence as a platform. Spotify Essentials demystifies the Spotify model and fills the gaps to make it more applicable and practical.
You will meet:
Joakim Sundén – co-creator of the Spotify Model
Dr. Stefan Malich – founder of Architectural Change Management & Essence Certified Practitioner