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 computer programmer Melvin Conway who published a paper about the concept in Datamation in 1968.[1]
It may be summarized as:
Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure.[1]
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History
- 1968-04: Melvin Conway publishes a paper in the magazine Datamation about the concept that would later be named Conway's law.[1]
- 2022-03-16: Casey Muratori publishes a video summarizing Conway's law in the context of fundamental limitations on software design.[2]
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See also
External links
- bk4, reboil.com
- HTML version of “How Do Committees Invent?”
- PDF version of “How Do Committees Invent?”
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Conway, Melvin E.. (1968-04). “How Do Committees Invent?”. Datamation. Accessed 2023-07-18. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15.
- ↑ Muratori, Casey. (2022-03-16). “The Only Unbreakable Law”. youtube.com. ID:
5IUj1EZwpJY. Time: 11m34s/53m24s. Accessed 2023-07-18.
