Many software engineering methodologies are built so that you can take a large team of mediocre engineers and set them on their merry way. This is a fact of lif

Many software engineering methodologies are built so that you can take a large team of mediocre engineers and set them on their merry way. This is a fact of life for the majority of the software industry. When you start a startup, you probably (and should) have a small team of excellent hackers, so you can get by with just doing smart and logical things instead of following so many rules. Growing your startup and engineering team does change how small your team is, and how excellent your hackers are. Add process as needed, shake and bake.