Human organizations are like deep nets: to be viable, they require modularity and hierarchy.
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And any org bigger than a few friends needs to make its hierarchy explicit and formally defined
"flat" or even "self-organized" structures are not a thing. Failure to recognize this led to the failure of a number of OSS projects
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In particular, atomicity of decision making + individual responsibility empirically appears crucial. A product should have exactly 1 owner.
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A large product should have 1 product owner and should be split into key features each with 1 owner.
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You could as easily say that failure to be flat/self-organized led to the failure of a number of projects/companies.
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what about the organization of sth like the valve corporation
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