What is your opinion about full-stack teams? I’m referring to teams where the desire is for every member to competently contribute at every point in the stack.
- Do they work?
- What has been your experience?
- Does team size and/or experience level inform your opinion?
- Do you notice an increase/decrease in quality?
- Do you notice an increase/decrease in team and product cohesion?
In your experience, is success dependent on each member (or most members) being T shaped?
It’s dependent on many members being T shaped. Not all, and I don’t know if “most”. But you need enough to handle the basic flow of the system and interact with all of the specialists.