> Moreover, once it [Threads] was developed, the infrastructure teams were given only two day’s notice to prepare for its production launch. Most large organizations would take longer than two days just to draft a project plan involving dozens of interdependent teams, let alone execute it. At Meta, however, we quickly established war rooms across distributed sites, bringing together both infrastructure and product teams to address issues in real-time. Despite the tight timeline, the app’s launch was highly successful, reaching 100 million users within just five days, making it the fastest-growing app in history.
Kind of more impressive to have kept this ability to ship fast than anything else. A lot of work is needed to not let the bureaucracy increase and stop the lawyers or other functions from creating approval gates everywhere. Or at least to be able to have war rooms that can get it done so quickly.
Kind of more impressive to have kept this ability to ship fast than anything else. A lot of work is needed to not let the bureaucracy increase and stop the lawyers or other functions from creating approval gates everywhere. Or at least to be able to have war rooms that can get it done so quickly.