# Two pizza rule OR two pizza team The idea that a meeting should have no more attendees than the number of people who can comfortably eat two pizzas. OR The idea that a team in an organization should be no bigger than the number of people who can share two pizzas for dinner. Originated with [[Jeff Bezos]] at Amazon. It is basically applied [[Seven is the maximum number of people who can participate in a conversation at once]] Two pizza teams are an attempt to both solve communication problems and politics problems, which are coupled but not the same. [[Defining clear timescales and scopes for collaborations is a tool to minimize politics]]. [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Two+pizza+rule+OR+two+pizza+team) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Two+pizza+rule+OR+two+pizza+team)