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by rmorgan 4041 days ago
I totally believe in Conway's Law; I see it everywhere.

Christian Bird's chapter in Making Software (https://books.google.com/books?id=DxuGi5h2-HEC&pg=PA187&lpg=...) turns Conway's Law on its head with Conway's Corollary. Instead of fighting organizational bias, embrace it.

"... all things being equal, a software effort that pays attention to and actively aligns social structure with technical structure will fare better than one that does not."