Mrz 19

Optimal Team Size

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When it comes to shape an organization and build the structure of new teams the size of the teams is important for their success. Each member being part of the team is adding a number of communication channels to the team in a way like

number of communication channels = n(n-1)/2, n=team size

So by enlargement the number of teammembers in a linear way the number of communication channels increases in an exponential way. This fact is why XP (10) and Scrum (7 +/- 2) as Agile Software Development Frameworks recommends having teams with not more than 10 members.

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One Response to “Optimal Team Size”

  1. Tobias Says:
    März 25th, 2009 at 11:17

    Ich biete Dir eine weitere Formel:
    Ein ideales Team besteht aus
    [n=n/2 Λ n<3]
    Viele Grüße
    Tobias

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