Jeff Bezos: "Blind-Alley" Explorer

Q: Amazon uses small teams, which you call "two-pizza teams." How do you organize projects so that such teams can work?A: The idea of using small teams is a pretty well-accepted notion. What happens is, as the teams get bigger, they have to spend more time coordinating. This is sometimes very misunderstood, but if you want to have a good work environment where people can really build, you don't want them to have to spend a lot of time coordinating.

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