Six plus or minus one

…on a mission.

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To optimize team performance, team size is crucial.

Therefore:

Foster teams of six plus or minus one so they excel in communication saturation and collective team knowledge. Amplify with few roles.

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See:

• Jeff Sutherland's
  • Small Teams
    • Adding people to a late project makes it later (Brooks' Law)
  • Borland story on Few Roles
    • Performance = Communication Saturation = Collective Team Knowledge
    • Daily meeting with few roles = high velocity

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