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(Situation) On a recent project to build a new onboarding flow, our cross-functional team (1 PM, 1 designer, 2 frontend, 2 backend, 1 QA) had frequent misalignments: UI tweaks late in the sprint, unclear API contracts, and bugs slipping through, causing about 20–25% spillover each sprint. (Task) I took initiative to improve collaboration and code quality across the stack. (Action) I proposed and helped implement API-first design using an OpenAPI spec. We held a short design+API review at the start of each feature, where I represented both frontend and backend concerns. I introduced shared TypeScript types generated from the API spec to reduce contract mismatches. For quality, I pushed for mandatory PR reviews from at least one dev from “the other side” of the stack and added a lightweight checklist (tests, accessibility, logging). QA was involved earlier via test case reviews. (Result) Over the next 3 sprints, spillover dropped from ~25% to around 8–10%, API-related bugs decreased by ~40%, and we consistently hit our sprint goals. The onboarding feature shipped on time and improved activation rates by about 12%.
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