Reminds me of the Surgical Team from The Mythical Man-Month, and of an interview of I think one of the authors of the agile manifesto, talking about IBM internal experiments concluding that it was the most effective organisation.
I've been working in such teams, the surgeon was typically one of the early developpers, that did (and knew) most of the code, but as the system grew sub-surgeons started to emerge for new or reworked parts.
I've been working in such teams, the surgeon was typically one of the early developpers, that did (and knew) most of the code, but as the system grew sub-surgeons started to emerge for new or reworked parts.