The Triangle of Team Efficiency: Goals, People, Flow
TL;DR: An effective team is one that: Achieves its business goals Maintains psychological safety and team motivation Delivers predictably through stable flow metrics Three pillars. One triangle. The Premise Two fintech teams spent three months building limit management systems in parallel. One for credit cards, one for checking accounts. Each team: 7–8 people, costing ~$100K/month (average US/EU engineering salary $120–150K/year per person, fully loaded). At the quarterly review, they discovered 70% functional overlap. ...