“No matter where you go in the known universe, there is design-by-committee. It has become a pecking order of disaster for the society that used to pride itself on being a mover and shaker and that allowed its mavericks and dreamers to innovate their way to success. In a business climate fuelled by fear and the “Peter Principle,” as it is today, a decision not made is a tragedy averted. So, decision by committee provides a safe and often anonymous process for finger-pointing down the line… inevitably leading to the creative, of course.”

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/06/29/why-design-by-commitee-should-die/

But then…

“Smashing Magazine recently published an article called “Why Design by Commitee Should Die“. It seems like a perfectly reasonable argument until you probe deeper, and realize the whole thing is just a straw man, and what’s really going on is just another round of “blame the client”, a favorite game of many designers.”

The “Design by Committee” Straw Man

But then again, perhaps we should skip the process entirely and just have…

“Less Talk and More Rock”

http://boingboing.net/features/morerock.html

Pip Jones