# Conway's Law

*Tom Geraghty · Organisational Design, Complexity & Systems*

Examines Conway's Law — any organisation will produce designs that copy its communication structure. Applies the Inverse Conway Manoeuvre and Team Topologies to show how restructuring teams to match desired system architecture can reshape both what gets built and who can speak.

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