What technical and process challenges appear when forming cross-functional product teams?
Tests whether you see cross-functional integration as dissolving handoffs, not renaming teams. Strong answers mention testing in CI/CD, collective estimation, and social friction. Weak answers treat it as a staffing reshuffle that keeps siloed workflows.
WHAT IT TESTS: Whether you see cross-functional integration as dissolving handoffs and building T-shaped ownership, not renaming silos. ANSWER OUTLINE: A strong answer covers technical shifts like QA embedding automation into CI/CD and Ops sharing deployment expertise; process changes like collective estimation, a shared Definition of Done, and ending ticket tossing; plus social friction like role ambiguity and trust gaps. RED FLAG: Treating the transition as a staffing reshuffle that preserves siloed workflows and handoffs.
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