Team Topologies

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Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais

A practical language for designing teams around the flow of work.

Why it’s here

Good teams are not a staffing chart. They are an interaction design: deliberate boundaries, cognitive load, and a clear path for change to travel.

Ideas worth keeping

  • Optimize for fast flow, not maximum utilization.
  • Keep team cognitive load sustainable.
  • Make interaction modes explicit and temporary where possible.

Read next

The Phoenix Project for the delivery problem, then Wiring the Winning Organization for the leadership architecture.

Lenses: Technology · Work & Systems · Leadership

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