Re:Steve Jobs capped many of the teams in Cupertino
by roin on Sunday May 19, 2013 @11:11PM
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Teams that are bigger than necessary to get their job done create huge problems in large corporations. People without enough to do aren't just wasting money and other resources, they also create politics. It's difficult to figure out the optimal size of a team, but I've seen greater productivity out of teams that are a bit too small than those that are a bit too big.
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Re:Steve Jobs capped many of the teams in Cupertino
by ryen on Monday May 20, 2013 @12:36AM
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The problem is you get managers who are "head count" hungry and want as many people reporting to them as can fit in the building. It becomes a matter of politics. Having a limit placed from the top down is a good thing. More large corps should do this.
Re:Steve Jobs capped many of the teams in Cupertino
by yuhong on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:07AM
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Even better, michaelochurch has talked about open allocation before.
Re:Steve Jobs capped many of the teams in Cupertino
by nikatwork on Monday May 20, 2013 @01:36AM
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Open allocation is great if your project lead can accurately and honestly define resource needs.
Having worked in many a megacorp, that would seem to be an incredibly rare scenario. Most teams can't even track actual resource usage, let alone accurately project the data.