Two-Pizza Team

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Leadership

Foundational Lexiconsmall team rule
Executive Parlanceteam size constraint
Scholarly Discoursecoordination minimization
Babel ZenithTwo-Pizza Team
Origin: Amazon/Jeff Bezos

Etymology & Meaning

Teams should be small enough to be fed by two pizzas.

In the Boardroom

Keeping teams small to minimize communication overhead.

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