Conway's Law and Cross-Hatching
Will Manning
I'm a believer in the strong form of Conway's law: that the structure of any system designed by an organization is isomorphic to the structure of the organization (or, more colloquially, "you ship your org"). This coupling means that questions of organizational structure, technical architecture, and "what you actually sell" benefit from high level co-design.
That said, organizational structure comes not only from intentional decisions but also from culture. So as a corollary, "you ship your...