> find me a peer-reviewed study of individual programmer productivity among professionals not students Often, five man development teams create products that a

> find me a peer-reviewed study of individual programmer productivity among professionals not students Often, five man development teams create products that are very successful while thousand man development teams create a product thats useless and basically has no value. Thus the five man teams were way more productive. This happens all the time. Also, the same principal can be seen on an individual level within projects. There ya go pal. It would be a waste to do a peer reviewed study just to confirm something so obvious. You could even say that they reviewers would be "less productive" if they spent their time doing so;)