Conway’s Law:
‘For any organization that builds systems, the systems they produce reflect the communication structures of that organization.’
If your organization is inefficient and disjointed, or dictatorial and myopic, it shows in your products.
James Rosen-Birchx.comConway’s Law: ‘For any organization that builds systems, the systems they produce reflect the communication structures of that organization.’ If your organization is inefficient and disjointed, or dictatorial and myopic, it shows in your products.
There’s this cool idea in software that you “ship your org chart” called Conway’s law:
“Organizations, who design systems, are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations”
I’d offer a similar law for investors: “you ship your capital... See more
Patrick OShaughnessyx.comConway’s Law doesn’t leave anyone guessing about how to make organizational communication structures work for the greater good. As the conclusion of Conway’s paper states: We have found a criterion for the structuring of design organizations: a design effort should be organized according to the need for communication.
Vaughn Vernon • Strategic Monoliths and Microservices: Driving Innovation Using Purposeful Architecture (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Vernon))
Team structures must match the required software architecture or risk producing unintended designs.