[rglullis]

> Especially in a creative environment.

It is not a creative environment. We are talking about mid- to big-sized projects and companies here. Not the scrappy startup, not the open source consultant shop, not the small niche application for your Macbook.

Differences in opinions are good, provided the team as a whole is reasonably aligned. Too much divergence and this "room for creativity" becomes a schizophrenic organization.

[TheOtherHobbes]

Did the development team in this example become more or less productive after it became "reasonably aligned"?