The most important part of Team Topologies is also the one most people overlook
People should look at Team Topologies as a way of thinking or a pattern language. Team Topologies aims to help leaders design for a fast flow of value. It allows you to design a team-of-teams organization, which, combined with a relevant decoupled architecture of products and the appropriate processes (think Continuous Delivery as one example), allows even big organizations to achieve fast flow of value. Unlike organizational charts, the resulting diagrams are just a starting point and must continuously evolve as the organization grows and changes along with the environment in which it operates. This is why we often tell people to consider Team Topologies more like Design Thinking, i.e., an iterative and continuous process that helps you understand complex challenges and find optimal solutions.
Achieving Business Agility Through Kanban and Team Topologies
This article explores the synergy between the Kanban method and Team Topologies to enhance work processes in knowledge work organizations. By making policies explicit, both methodologies facilitate clearer team interactions and improved workflow management. Discover how integrating these approaches can lead to evolutionary change and greater business agility.
From Monolith to Agility: A Team Topologies Journey in a Leading Financial Institution
This short case study describes a personal journey undertaken as a Team Topologies Advocate at a global financial services organization.
The key role of leadership in adaptive organizations
Key takeaways:
Most organizations never get the desired results from a reorganization
The 3-day offsite “reorg” is almost guaranteed to be a costly failure
A better approach is adaptive, continuous adjustment
Use open techniques from Team Topologies to shift and adapt the organization
Adopting an Intentional Strategy for Managing Team Cognitive Load
I (João Rosa) recently created an online cohort-based course, Effectively Manage Team Cognitive Load. Since the release of Team Topologies book, I have adopted its language and principles in my consultancy practice, supporting organizations in their digital transformation journey. I’ve noticed in the field that more people are aware of the effects of unmanaged Team Cognitive Load in their teams and organizations, using the concept presented in the Team Topologies book to drive changes in their organizations.
Evolving the Team Topologies team shapes library
With the help of the wider community the Team Topologies team shapes library is now available in many common diagramming tools including Miro, Lucid Chart, Figma, Diagrams.net, Google Draw, Google Slides and PowerPoint.
Lessons learned from GitLab about remote work - interview with Darren Murph
We spoke to Darren Murph - Head of Remote at GitLab - about the opportunities and challenges presented by remote working for organizations building software-based systems and services. We were keen to get his insights into team-centric approaches to remote work.
Team Topologies: ein neuer Zugang zur optimalen Organisation von Software-Entwicklungs-Teams
Matthew Skelton und Manuel Pais haben mit ihrem Buch “Team Topologies” eine ausgezeichnete Beschreibung der Herausforderungen moderner Enterprise IT vorgelegt und bieten ein Modell an, das in vielen Fällen als Vorlage für eine effiziente Organisation herangezogen werden kann.
Robert Ruzitschka erklaert.