Designing Teams - How Building a Great Workspace is Like Building Great Software

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The phenomenon of our age is that almost everything planned for our use is obsolete in capacity or function before it reaches our hands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