Comment by pizza234
1 day ago
> I think the use of AI is really missing the point here. The point is that small in-house teams can deliver a lot more quickly and to a higher quality and at a lower cost than large outsourced teams from the big consultancy companies.
This assumes that small in-house teams are inherently effective/efficient, which is not necessarily true.
In this sense, the difference between proven engineering leads (as the article states/assumes) leading a small team versus AI is that the latter is entirely under their control, which minimizes the risk.
So AI vs. small teams is about controlling/guaranteeing effectiveness/efficiency.
EDIT: the leads are, in practice, managing a small team, although their exact technical background is unclear ("experienced practitioners who know how to design and deliver digital products", not clear if they're professional software engineers).