designing teams - how building a great workspace is like building great software
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ALASTAIR SIMPSON DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN
@ALANSTAIRS
Designing Teams How Building a Great Workspace is Like
Building Great Software
ROBYN DUNN PROGRAM MANAGER • ATLASSIAN
@ROBYNEMU
The most innovative companies are
more likely to invest in workspace design
5 x
The phenomenon of our age is that almost everything planned for our use is obsolete in capacity or function before it reaches our hands
R O B E R T P R O B S T
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”R O B E R T P R O B S T, 1 9 6 8
1968
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Hack!
Workplace Experience creates…
Engagement Workspaces Celebrations
Water-cooler moments
Agile spacesConversations
Iterations
Creating trust
Crafting memories
with Atlassians
Workplace Experience creates…
CelebrationsEngagement Workspaces
Water-cooler moments
Agile spacesConversations
Iterations
Creating trust
Crafting memories
with Atlassians
O U R A P P R O A C H
C H A L L E N G E S
E X A M P L E S
L E S S O N S
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
Product
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
ProductDesign
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
ProductDesign
QA
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
ProductDesign
QA
Marketing
Atlassian TEAMs
Engineering
ProductDesign
QA
Marketing
Finance
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.
O U R A P P R O A C H
C H A L L E N G E S
E X A M P L E S
L E S S O N S
Agile
Agile workspace development
Design thinking “Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation that draws from the designer's toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success”
designer's toolkit needs ofpeoplerequirements for business success
designer’s toolkit needs of people
requirements for business success
Needs of people
Designers toolkit
Requirements for business success
DESIGNER
Where do I start?
What are the three basic things I need to know?
Who can help me?
Are you making it easy for me to take action?
How are my teammates using this?
Are you changing the way I work (without helping me)?
Am I able to predict the outcomes of our work?
Can I see who’s responsible for what?
What are the best practices for doing this?
Needs of people
Designers toolkit
Requirements for business success
DESIGNERENGINEER
QA PM
Needs of people
Designers toolkit
Requirements for business success
Collaborative
Suggestive
Adaptive
Principles
Needs of people
Designers toolkit
Requirements for business success
Community spaces
Team spaces
O U R A P P R O A C H
C H A L L E N G E S
E X A M P L E S
L E S S O N S
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Principle 1 Collaborative
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Walls
NAME • TITLE • COMPANY • @TWITTERHANDLE
TitleSubtitle
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Breakout areas
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Chickens!
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Quick hacks
Whiteboards everywhere
Shuffle furniture
Foam core walls
Use your walls!
Facilitation items
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Principle 2 Suggestive
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Welcome home
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Bump
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Digital bump
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LibraryLibrary
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LibraryImpromptu brainstorms
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Library
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Plants!
Quick hacks
Define solo workspaces
Quiet spaces
Water cooler moments
Plants
Impromptu areas
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Principle 3 Adaptive
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Meeting rooms
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
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Art
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Designer spaces
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• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Developer spaces
• Big cool statistic
• 2,569
• Add-Ons in Marketplace
Business spaces
Quick hacks
No single use spaces
Encourage art
Power from the ceiling
Desks on wheels
Sit to stand desks
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Welcome to our office
O U R A P P R O A C H
C H A L L E N G E S
E X A M P L E S
L E S S O N S
Wheels on all the things
Wheels on all the things
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A ship in port is safe. But that’s not what ships were built for.G R A C E M . H O P P E R
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Q&A
ALASTAIR SIMPSON DESIGN MANAGER • ATLASSIAN
@ALANSTAIRS
ROBYN DUNN PROGRAM MANAGER • ATLASSIAN
@ROBYNEMU