Andrii Dzynia, Engineering Manager, King discusses the approach to building high performing teams based on his experience at companies like King and Spotify.

1. BUILDING
HIGH-PERFORMING
TEAMS
Final
Version

3. Andrii Dzynia
Engineering Manager @ King

5. TEAM STRUCTURE
➤ 40 people team split across 3 sites
➤ Stockholm, Malmö and Barcelona
➤ Small development teams(2-4 people each)
➤ Dedicated First Line Support team consisting of
➤ QAs, Developer Relations and Release
Management
➤ Dedicated Build Engineering team
➤ “Overhead”(management) team

6. PRODUCT
PROCESS
PEOPLE
VALUES

7. PRODUCT

8. FICTION FACTORY EDITOR

9. MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
USERS, SPONSORS & INTERESTED PARTIES
➤ Published Mission and Vision Statements
➤ Regularly updated Product Roadmap
➤ Regular Customer Surveys
➤ Customer presence on team meetings
➤ Gradual controlled Product Rollouts
➤ Deep Dives with users for a few weeks

10. Let’s create new games using Fiction Factory!

11. FICTION FRIDAYS
Coordinated Innovation Time
2 days every second week

12. PROCESS

13. WE SHIP
AS OFTEN AS REQUIRED
TO ATTEND TO USER
NEEDS

14. TEAM COMPOSITION
DEPENDENCIES TRACKING
ISSUES REMEDIATION
MANAGING PRODUCTION

15. TEAM AGREEMENTS
RITUALS
OFF-SITES
WAYS OF WORKING

16. PEOPLE

17. REGULAR MANAGER 1-1’S
TEAM FEEDBACK SESSIONS
SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INDIVIDUAL GROWTH

18. AND
EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION
SURVEYS
REGULAR TEAM

19. TALENT PLANNING

20. TEAM

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RESEARCH

22. TEAM VALUES
Value all voices and opinions
Support each other in learning and solving
problems
Work iteratively and gather continuous feedback
Deliver high quality and efficient solutions
Communicate regularly both inside and outside
of the team

23. THINK OF YOUR TEAM
ETHOS

24. andrii.dzynia@king.com

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