swarming

swarming
 n.— «Larger projects are built by breaking projects down into small pieces and assigning each subsection to an agile team (the method is sometimes called “swarming” in agile circles), with the overall progress controlled by a project manager.» —“Fixing the Requirements Mess” by Christopher Lindquist CIO (US) Feb. 3, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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