--- title: AI has us asking, does (team) size still matter? | daily.dev description: As AI coding agents become embedded in engineering workflows, traditional team structures like two-pizza teams, rigid hierarchies, and sprint ceremonies are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-has-us-asking-does-team-size-still-matter--qw5pkolu3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI has us asking, does (team) size still matter? | daily.dev og:description: As AI coding agents become embedded in engineering workflows, traditional team structures like two-pizza teams, rigid hierarchies, and sprint ceremonies are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-has-us-asking-does-team-size-still-matter--qw5pkolu3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Qw5PKOlU3.png og:image:alt: AI has us asking, does (team) size still matter? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI has us asking, does (team) size still matter? **[LeadDev](https://daily.dev/sources/leaddev)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary As AI coding agents become embedded in engineering workflows, traditional team structures like two-pizza teams, rigid hierarchies, and sprint ceremonies are becoming obsolete. Engineering leaders are experimenting with radically smaller team formations — such as one PM plus one developer plus agent swarms — where humans focus on architectural judgment and business intent while agents handle delivery. The bottleneck is shifting from writing code to making decisions, raising questions about middle management, Conway's Law, and how organizations govern AI. Experts from Team Topologies, DevOps, and platform engineering weigh in on what must change: processes designed for slow, expensive development must be unlearned, roles are merging, and the focus must shift from code output to measurable business outcomes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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