Workspace Sharing
Workspace Sharing
Workspace Sharing
Scaling Postman's workspace sharing
for individuals & enterprises
Scaling Postman's workspace sharing for individuals & enterprises
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
Postman is the world's largest API platform with 25 million developers. Our goal was to unblock people to share work whenever they wanted. As an IC Design lead, I steered a team of designers and formed strategy for collaboration across the platform.
Postman is the world's largest API platform with 25 million developers. Our goal was to unblock people to share work whenever they wanted. As an IC Design lead, I steered a team of designers and formed strategy for collaboration across the platform.
READING BETWEEN LINES
READING BETWEEN LINES
Investigating inertia
Investigating inertia
Collaboration on Postman, happens in teams. But developers didn't think of creating a team when sharing their workspace.
Collaboration on Postman, happens in teams. But developers didn't think of creating a team when sharing their workspace.
Collaboration on Postman, happens in teams. But developers didn't think of creating a team when sharing their workspace.
Forces at scale
Forces at scale
Larger enterprise teams wanted to control access. But Postman gave team members complete access to team resources.
Larger enterprise teams wanted to control access. But Postman gave team members complete access to team resources.
Larger enterprise teams wanted to control access. But team members could view all team resources.
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Enabling flexibility
Enabling flexibility
Enabling flexibility
I convinced the team to move to a flexible model.
One that caters to individuals as well as large teams.
I convinced the team to move to a flexible model.
One that caters to individuals as well as large teams.
I convinced the team to move to a flexible model. One that caters to individuals as well as large teams.
Share workspaces with a team
Share workspaces with a team
Share workspaces with a team
Multi-task on personal and team workspaces. When in need of help, share it with a team.
Multi-task on personal and team workspaces. When in need of help, share it with a team.
Multi-task on personal and team workspaces. When in need of help, share it with a team.
Invite new collaborators
Invite new collaborators
Invite new collaborators
Share workspaces via organic team creation.
Share workspaces via organic team creation.
Share workspaces via organic team creation.
Control workspace access
Control workspace access
Control workspace access
Make sure the right people have access, without complicating the sharing experience for developers.
Make sure the right people have access, without complicating the sharing experience for developers.
Make sure the right people have access, without complicating the sharing experience for developers.
Share with external collaborators
Share with external collaborators
Share with external collaborators
Give access to specific workspaces without worrying about sharing all the team's sensitive data.
Give access to specific workspaces without worrying about sharing all the team's sensitive data.
Give access to specific workspaces without worrying about sharing all the team's sensitive data.
Wins (3 months)
Wins (3 months)
Wins (3 months)
60
2x ↑
Teams with external collaborators
Teams with external collaborators
Teams with external collaborators
45% ↑
45% ↑
Teams adopted
workspace control
Teams adopted
workspace control
Teams adopted
workspace control
650 ↑
650 ↑
New teams created
New teams created
New teams created
13% ↑
13% ↑
Retention of larger teams
Retention of larger teams
Retention of
larger teams
The project activated new collaborations and established trust amongst our largest enterprise teams – fulfilling Postman’s vision of being the best API collaboration platform on the market.
The project activated new collaborations and established trust amongst our largest enterprise teams – fulfilling Postman’s vision of being the best API collaboration platform on the market.