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gry on Jan 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Small teams are dramatically more efficient than l...

Another key MMM point is it naive to expect build large systems on a meaningful schedule with small teams.

count on Jan 11, 2012 [–]

'Nuclear family' teams have to be small - the folks you work every day with on a single topic.

In a given large system, you can and should have many small teams working independently.

Another small team should act as the 'curator' or 'middleman' for communication between teams.

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