"... What do you think? Would “developer-driven culture” work at your company? ..." Hasn't everyone read, "Microsoft Secrets" ~ http://www.amazon.com/MICROSOF

"... What do you think? Would “developer-driven culture” work at your company? ..." Hasn't everyone read, "Microsoft Secrets" ~ http://www.amazon.com/MICROSOFT-SECRETS-Powerful-Software-Technology/dp/0028740483 http://www.amazon.com/MICROSOFT-SECRETS-Powerful-Software-Te... ...because what the author describes is pretty much the MS dev process (cf CH4 Defining products and development processes). Reading JOS, "How to be a program manager" also shows how MS PM's worked in conjunction with developers ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/03/09.html MS sure knows/knew a thing or two about organising large groups of people to produce software & output product in a corporate setting.