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by Terretta 2149 days ago
> I believe that 3-5 is roughly the amount of people...right grouping for one room

Isaac Asimov commented maximum creativity is 3-5, but a variety of firms have found the optimal team size is a “two pizza team” (6 to 10, typically 8).

Google the term, you get tons of discussion from blogs to journalism, that can lead you to papers:

http://blog.idonethis.com/two-pizza-team/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/24/the-two-p...

In any case, what pattern does the screen divide into for 5? Of course there is a max number, arguably the number of individual pixels if you wanted each participant’s presence indicated by a single dot, but the practical limit is much lower. How many can you do? Why not test more?

Currently Teams on iPad is 9, the increase from 4 was news:

https://winbuzzer.com/2020/04/14/microsoft-teams-is-doubling...

Zoom is 42, so Teams plans 49 shortly:

https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/15/microsoft-teams-zoom-49-v...

A 7x7 grid on an iPad Pro works out to something like 390x292, well above the 320x240 that was a fine streaming video size back in the day.

PS. If you haven’t done more than 5, say so in the FAQ.