Conway's Law
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In this lesson
see that system structure follows team communication structure.
Planned topics
- Conway's Law: organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure.
- Two teams that must coordinate on every change will produce a tightly coupled seam.
- A single team owning two unrelated areas tends to blur them.
- The architecture you want will not survive an organization that fights it.
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Demonstration
Commerce 2030 example: ordering and inventory owned by two teams that must agree on every release; the shared database table is the seam.
Check your understanding
Why does a team boundary shape the architecture?
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Teams design along their communication paths and avoid costly coordination.
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