Team Topologies

Martin Fowler's summary of the Team Topologies model presents four fundamental team types designed to optimize software delivery: Stream-Aligned Teams focused on specific business capabilities, Platform Teams that reduce cognitive load through self-service infrastructure, Enabling Teams that coach and transfer skills, and Complicated-Subsystem Teams that handle complex technical domains. The model acknowledges Conway's Law and provides engineering leaders with a structured approach to organizing teams that can deliver software effectively while minimizing inter-team dependencies and maximizing autonomous operation.