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Hmm, my first thought for running a 15 person project isn't to run it as three different five person teams. A couple of questions Was the company you work at a
by JamesBarney 7y ago
Hmm, my first thought for running a 15 person project isn't to run it as three different five person teams.
A couple of questions
Was the company you work at a software product company? Are your teams cross functional? Do people exist across multiple teams?
My fundamental issue with splitting a 15 person team into three 5 person teams it seems more difficult to satisfy two other attributes I think are valuable in teams. That they are cross functional and flat.
- nilkn 7y agoIf it truly is a 15 person project for its entire duration then it's not worth splitting up, but you could still consider whether the whole team needs to be present for every standup. More often than not, though, when the team size reaches the 15+ range the project often can be broken down into smaller discrete deliverables that do not need 15 person teams to achieve. Where I work it is all software. We can and sometimes do have folks on multiple teams but generally try to avoid that. And teams can definitely be cross-functional.