Making Do: Scaling Expertise on Teams You Can't Grow

Discover strategies for scaling expertise on resource-constrained engineering teams in this 28-minute conference talk from LeadDev New York 2024. Explore innovative approaches to team restructuring and mandate redefinition as alternatives to traditional growth models. Learn from the speaker's experience working on a small team tackling high-stakes problems, and gain insights into creating flexible-model teams that can continuously deliver top priorities. Examine key aspects of culture-building during turbulent times, address challenges in adapting to new work methodologies, and understand how to sustain flexible-model teams long-term. Uncover the relationship between flexibility and resilience, strategies for mitigating risks to morale and business objectives, and indicators that signal when your organization might be ready for a similar pivot.