This case highlights how applying Team Topologies principles can evolve an organization into a high-performing, empowered ecosystem capable of delivering value faster, with greater sustainability and team well-being. REA Group’s Financial Services division undertook a major transformation to address slow delivery, high cognitive load, and inefficiencies caused by large, monolithic teams. By adopting Team Topologies, the organization restructured into small, autonomous, stream-aligned teams and introduced a strong focus on flow efficiency, intentional ways of working, and cognitive load management.

In this case study, Alfa Financial Software, a leading provider of asset finance SaaS, addressed the scaling challenges of its organically grown engineering structure by implementing the Alfa Development Model (ADM). By adopting principles from Team Topologies, the company restructured its teams to reduce cognitive load and optimise workflow. This strategic shift allowed Alfa to maintain its collaborative culture while ensuring sustainable, long-term software delivery for its global clients, including major institutions like Mercedes-Benz and Santander.

Learn how financial advice provider Wealth Wizards uses Team Topologies to guide and evolve their software and teams to respond to rapid growth and increasing domain complexity.

We sat down to speak with Christian Rorholt Moe, Chief Digital Officer at Gjensidige Insurance, a leading Nordic insurance company with 4000 employees and business in the Nordic and Baltic countries, to understand their approaches to teams and practices for effective digitization.