Development squad
What is a development squad?
A development squad is a small, multidisciplinary team — typically 2 to 6 people — that builds and delivers a software product or feature end to end, combining whatever mix of frontend, backend, design, or QA skills the project needs. Unlike hiring individual freelancers, the squad already works as a team before joining a project: it shares a way of working, communication, and joint accountability for what it ships.
How it's used
The term is used to distinguish this model from hiring people one role at a time: instead of assembling a team piece by piece, a company hires an already-coordinated squad and plugs it into a project with a defined scope and timeline.
On Zenit, every squad goes through technical validation before joining the network. How it works for squads.
Related question
Is a development squad the same as team augmentation?
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