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>I recently watched a team of 10-15 technical
>writers design their own intranet site and
>was surprised at how bad the final product was.
You know the definition of a camel-a horse designed by committee.
Granted, you give little guidance on how the team was organized, but 15
of anybody is too many to collaborate on a single project, unless there
is a hierarchy of responsibility. It could be that all 15 had equal
authority, which is bad because it encourages someone with a strong
personality who may be the least expert to highjack the project.
The 15 people must be divided into small (2-3) people per element, based
on their expertise or natural abilities.
