Organisation Design
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Wiki Articles
Advanced Layer
Conway's Law, team dependencies, and sophisticated organizational patterns
Alignment & Feedback Loops
Creating effective alignment and feedback mechanisms
Conway's Law & Team Design
Understanding and applying Conway's Law to create effective team structures that promote good architecture and system design.
Core Elements Layer
Mission, Objectives, and Organization - the operational heart of effective teams
Decoupling Teams & Inverse Organisation
A pragmatic rationale for engineering leaders explaining why decoupling teams, removing dependencies, and designing inverse organisations boosts flow, quality, and autonomy.
Foundation Layer
Why & Purpose, Culture, and Values - the bedrock of effective organizations
Govern with Culture
Using shared principles and rituals to scale behaviour instead of heavyweight processes.
Mission Objectives
Defining clear mission objectives for technical teams
Mission Product Canvas
Product strategy canvas for mission alignment
Objectives & Wardley Mapping
Strategic objectives and Wardley mapping for technical leadership
Operating & Alignment Model – Deep‑Dive
Comprehensive wiki page explaining each layer of the Operating & Alignment Model, including Product Canvas missions, Wardley‑mapped objectives and Domain‑driven organisational design.
Optimise for Cost
Ensuring profitability by monitoring cost per customer and per engineer.
Optimise for Flow
Delivering value quickly and safely via DevOps practices.
Optimise for Motivation
Keeping humans engaged and creative to sustain performance.
Optimization Layer
Alignment loops, motivation, flow, and cost optimization for sustainable performance
Organization – Domain‑Driven Design
Structuring teams around bounded contexts to exploit Conway's Law positively.
Team Topologies
Organizing teams for effective software delivery and sustainable development.
Values
Core beliefs that guide daily trade‑offs and behaviours.
Why Purpose Matters
Understanding the importance of purpose in technical leadership