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Conway's law

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Conway's law is an adage that states organizations design systems that mirror their own communication structure. It is named after the computer programmer Melvin Conway, who introduced the idea in 1967. His original wording was:

Conway's law - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adage linking design systems to communication structures Conway's law describes the link between communication structure of organizations and the systems they design. It is named after the computer scientist and programmer Melvin Conway , who introduced the idea in 1967. [ 1 ] His original wording was: [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [O]rganizations which design systems (in the broad sense used here) are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. — Melvin E. Conway, How Do Co

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