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Conway's Law and System Design

Understanding how organizational structure influences system architecture

Explores Conway's Law: 'Any organization that designs a system will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.' Covers how software architecture mirrors team communication patterns, the Inverse Conway Maneuver (restructuring teams to encourage desired architecture), and practical considerations like how small teams create monolithic systems while distributed teams require well-defined component interactions. Essential for understanding the interconnection between system design and organizational structure.

Source: martinfowler.com
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