DX Team Structure

Hook: In agriculture, nitrogen fixers are plants that enrich the soil so other plants can thrive. Your DX team needs a human equivalent—someone whose job is to make everyone else better. Agriculture has a concept called the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash planted together. Each plant serves a

Hook: Every successful DX team has something in common: an executive sponsor who protects them from the organization. Here's why you need one, how to find one, and what to do if you can't. Let me tell you about two DX teams. Team A had great

Hook: You've been told DX teams "improve developer productivity." That's like saying farmers "make plants grow." It's technically true and completely misses the point. A gardener grows plants. They plant seeds, water them, prune them, harvest the fruit. They'

Hook: The best DX team is one that works itself out of a job. No, really. "Developer Experience: the formation frontier. These are the endeavors of the DX team. Our three-year mission: to cultivate sustainable engineering practice, to seek out friction and remedy dysfunction, to boldly improve what others