From 6 to 126 in four years
Within four years, Atlassian's design team has increased from 6 designers to 126. Building and managing a design team of this size is one thing; integrating it into a traditionally engineering-led organization is another. Alastair Simpson shares how Atlassian has successfully embraced design as a first-class discipline and is transitioning from an engineering- to an experience-led company.
| Talk Title | From 6 to 126 in four years |
| Speakers | Alastair Simpson (Atlassian) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Design Conference |
| Conf Tag | Design the Future |
| Location | San Francisco, California |
| Date | March 20-22, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Four years ago, after 10 years in business, Atlassian had only six designers. Fast forward to today, and the design team numbers 126. Building and managing a design team of this size is one thing; integrating it into a traditionally engineering-led organization is another. Alastair Simpson shares how Atlassian has successfully embraced design as a first-class discipline and is transitioning from an engineering- to an experience-led company. Alastair offers practical tips about how to grow and lead design teams as you scale and how to get design thinking adopted company wide and explores some of the mistakes Atlassian made and road bumps encountered along the way. You’ll leave armed with a playbook for how to manage your team of designers to effect meaningful change within your organization.
