I have seen the type always conform to a style or structure. The designers like to talk to design bent leads on devevelopment and manage only a subset of issues

I have seen the type always conform to a style or structure. The designers like to talk to design bent leads on devevelopment and manage only a subset of issues that could materialise. A dev team for three or more years brings a better structure to code and developement. Just the fact, the leisure time well spent in code and banter bring enough structure to the team. I guess you have to know your team better than your desk-jockeys.