Reason why I don’t want my team to overspecialize:
I don’t want them to isolate and develop tunnel-vision. I want everyone to be aware of the project goals and understand the work that needs to be done to deliver value.
My experience with teams where people are divided by topics for a long time is that unpleasant work that does not fit into a single topic well gets neglected.
> My experience with teams where people are divided by topics for a long time is that unpleasant work that does not fit into a single topic well gets neglected.
I doubt it isn't the case either way. If you neglect understanding and development of expertise, you will still end up with some people having more expertise than others, and possible blind spots. Except now you have no idea what those blind spots are. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10970937)
I don’t want them to isolate and develop tunnel-vision. I want everyone to be aware of the project goals and understand the work that needs to be done to deliver value.
My experience with teams where people are divided by topics for a long time is that unpleasant work that does not fit into a single topic well gets neglected.