More on small teams

Some good stuff from Tim O'Reilly's blog paying homage to the famous Skunk Works of Lockheed Martin. He points out comparisons to small software/product teams of today.

In particular, Kelly's 14 Rules is worth a look. This one stands out at me right now:

A very simple drawing and drawing release system with great flexibility for making changes must be provided.

We're currently struggling with a very not simple CM system for product lifecycle management and trying to make it functional. These comments on the Skunk Works idea show how agile development techniques can apply to some fairly large projects.