[toast0]

> The only drawback

You also spend a lot more time on communication. If you have one person who is the resource for X, they can spend their time doing X and don't have to spend time on coordination. When the procedures for doing X change, only one person needs to figure it out, etc.

That doesn't mean having a single person is the right decision, the benefits of having multiple people are important; just want to be clear about the drawbacks of multiple people doing the work.

[hinkley]

The lemonade to be made however is that if you don’t talk about your work you don’t reflect on it, and it’s more difficult to improve if you don’t examine your work and the work of others performing the same task.

That does make you more disposable, but also more useful if you can embrace it.

[danaris]

...But, on the flip side, that extra communication, and especially making sure that procedures are documented somewhere so that everyone can reference it, rather than just having it all live in one person's head, are vital for institutional stability and continuity.