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Is there recommended size (number of developers) for a team doing agile? Can the size of the team effect the productivity of a scrum?

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I would say yes. Any number more than 10 is a crowd. Does anyone have patience to listen to more people in a standup meeting. How much one be able to digest ?
 
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Scrum canon states that Team size should be seven plus or minus two. This fits well with my experience. When a team gets too large, it will tend to self-organize into sub-teams.
 
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Originally posted by Earl Everett:
Scrum canon states that Team size should be seven plus or minus two. This fits well with my experience. When a team gets too large, it will tend to self-organize into sub-teams.



Good point. How was the number 7 arrived at ?
 
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Should the skill set of the team members be fairly equal or does that matter?
 
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Originally posted by Pradip Bhat:


Good point. How was the number 7 arrived at ?



As far as I know, it's based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two
 
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I've heard of teams of 20 to 25 developers working well, and of Daily Scrums with 50 people attending.

That certainly will change the dynamics, though. Typically you will find a technique used called "Scrum of Scrums": http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum_team
 
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Originally posted by Pradip Bhat:
How was the number 7 arrived at ?


If you ask Ken Schwaber, he'll start listing different specialties like "Well, you need a couple of programmers, a couple of testers, a UI designer, a database admin, [...] and there's already 7 people for your team."
 
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Originally posted by Ilja Preuss:
I've heard of teams of 20 to 25 developers working well, and of Daily Scrums with 50 people attending.

That certainly will change the dynamics, though. Typically you will find a technique used called "Scrum of Scrums": http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/scrum_team



I am not sure how much others would have patience to listen to if it is a group of 25 people. Certainly not me.Will they find a room big enough for 20+ ? A playground maybe

Scrum of scrums is a good idea.I like it
 
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