This article explores how Team Topologies provides practical lens for understanding the varying autonomy needs across different team types. Rather than seeking "maximum autonomy for all," organizations should match each team's decision-making authority to its purpose, tailoring Product Ownership models and financial accountability accordingly for optimal flow of value.

What is Team Topologies? Is it a framework? Is it a set of principles? How can you start using it without having a big-bang, top-down approach? And is that ever the right approach?

We recently talked with Francesco Vivoli, Engineering Director at B2B tech company The Workshop, after an intriguing tweet from him on moving a 90 people “conglomerate” into 13 autonomous teams.