Conway's Law and Organizational Communication

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What is Conway’s law? It comes from a 1967 paper by Melvin E. Conway, and the basic idea is that organizations tend to design products that reflect their internal communication structures.

Put another way, Conway’s law implies that the quality of a product or service is reflected in and linked to the working methods of the business that produces it. This means that successful product or service design depends on communication: between designers, product owners, marketing, and sales, not to mention customers, who should have a strong influence on the creation process.

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Conway's Law and Organizational Communication

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