This is interesting:
http://mikehadlow.blogspot.cl/2014/06/heisenberg-developers.html

It describes one side of the debate about managing development teams. Let them run free, and they will do great things. Many of the comments on the blog describe the other side. Let them run free, and they will do things that don't make money. Somewhere in the middle, lies the truth. Like most things, finding that balance is the real skill.