The Anonymous Widower

Rules For Success? – Team Size

How many engineers does it take to create success?

Alec Issigonis, the creator of the original Mini, and many others of his generation worked virtually alone or in teams you can count on one hand.

So you could argue for a small team!  But then you have a problem in that what happens if one key member falls off their bike and breaks a leg.

I’ve always found a team of perhaps four to six, where you have duplicated and complimentary skills works best.

But then there is a tendency to get too big and pull in friends and others who might have felt left out in the first place, with all the petty jealousies that involves.

A good compromise might be to be a little bigger, but with very small groups of people on particular areas of the development.

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March 9, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | World | Rules For Success