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.
"Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure."–Marvin Conway
Wikipedia • Conway's law
When people fail to communicate across silos, bad things happen.
Morten T. Hansen • Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More
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