Sometimes, the right choice is to proactively shrink a team to help a client. Time is a valuable resource, and small teams work hard to hit tight deadlines.
At first, we used Slack channels primarily for team-based discussion. But then people started making channels devoted to a particular technology or topic.
Development teams are often hindered by boundaries that exist between teams. Reorganizing teams around epics can help shatter these walls of ownership.
Developers are dramatically more productive when you treat them like creative individuals who work in teams, rather than inputs to a production process.