How should a hybrid team be sized?#
The number of people should follow uncertainty, consequence and how often someone must step in — not the volume of work. Work volume is what machines absorb. Judgment load is what they do not, and that is what decides how many people the team needs.
What does the load shift look like?#
Machine mistakes arrive at volume rather than one at a time. Review queues form. Comprehension debt accumulates as the understanding that used to come from doing the work stops arriving. Cognitive load and burnout are real risks, and they land on the people who remain accountable.
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What structure might work?#
A possible structure, still to be tested, adapts Team Topologies into five parts: mission teams, an agent and factory platform, autonomy enabling, a specialist judgment service and enterprise steering.