Two Pizza Rule
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
A management heuristic that teams should stay small enough to be fed by two pizzas, used as shorthand for keeping groups lean.
In plain English: The idea that teams should stay small enough to remain effective.
Example: "The org ignored the two pizza rule and coordination overhead exploded."
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