Architecture and Organization Inverse Conway and Team Topologies

About this episode

This episode explores the relationship between software architecture and organizational design, emphasizing the importance of team structures in shaping architectural outcomes.

Software architecture and organizational design are deeply interconnected. Conway’s Law captures this relationship, while the Inverse Conway Maneuver uses it to shape architecture through team structures. Team Topologies adds a practical model for designing effective team interactions and boundaries. This talk explores how organizational decisions directly influence architectural outcomes — and why integrating Team Topologies into your architectural strategy is probably critical. You’ll learn how purposeful team design can reduce cognitive load, improve system modularity, and create architectures that evolve more sustainably. This episode is supported by Agile meets Architecture https://www.agile-meets-architecture.com/ .

People in this episode

Host: Eberhard Wolff

Topics covered

• software architecture
• organizational design
• Conway's Law
• team structures
• Team Topologies
• cognitive load
• system modularity

Keywords

• software architecture
• organizational design
• Conway's Law
• team structures
• Team Topologies
• cognitive load
• system modularity
• sustainable architecture

Sponsors

Agile meets Architecture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Conway’s Law, Inverse Conway Maneuver, Team Topologies

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