Technology
Conway's Law and Organizational Communication Structures
Quick fact
In 1968, computer scientist Melvin Conway observed that the structure of a software system often mirrors the communication structure of the organization that built it, leading to the famous phrase: 'organizations which design systems... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.'
Why this is interesting
Ever wonder why many companies' software systems seem as tangled as their org charts? It might not be a coincidence.