It would be excellent to get there (self-organizing teams) eventually. In fact, it should be the norm in startups. For everybody else, the teams need to have ve

It would be excellent to get there (self-organizing teams) eventually. In fact, it should be the norm in startups. For everybody else, the teams need to have very mature decision making skills to get there. It does not happen in reality. I have seen numerous screw-ups (eg. team making a decision to change a product functionality without analyzing the impact on the rest of the organization, making a decision to release something without realizing the legal issues, getting the product strategy misaligned). IMHO, all these can be solved in ideal situation and right people. Self-organizing teams will continue to be an ever evolving journey in non-startups.