Infographics
Videos and slides
Key Concepts
Templates and Tools
We have several freely accessible templates and online tools that explore the Team Topologies ideas.
Team Modeling Shapes
Designed by the authors Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais and battle-tested in training sessions around the world, these printed shapes are officially the fastest way to model and visualise different options for team responsibilities and interactions based on the ideas in the Team Topologies book.
Team-focused tools
Explore our GitHub repositories at https://github.com/TeamTopologies - most tools are CC BY-SA.
Diagramming tools
Explore diagramming tools with pre-defined Team Topologies shapes at https://github.com/TeamTopologies/Team-Shape-Templates
Also see the Modeling Shapes for Team Types and Team Interactions - available as both PDF (for self-assembly) or as pre-cut printed card shapes:
Organization-wide tools
Use the Independent Service Heuristics as a kind of simplified Domain-driven Design (aka “DDD-Lite”) to help et started with identifying team boundaries: https://github.com/TeamTopologies/Independent-Service-Heuristics
Background info
The original DevOps Team Topologies patterns
In 2013, Matthew Skelton published the original DevOps team topologies patterns, which have become the industry standard for discussing the merits and drawbacks of different team designs for software delivery. Since 2015, Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais have been curating the DevOps team topologies patterns at devopstoplogies.com
The DevOps team topologies patterns compare and contrast effective and ineffective patterns for organizing teams for modern software delivery. These patterns are point-in-time snapshots of team relationships.
The DevOps Topologies collection of patterns (diagrams and descriptions) by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Use these shapes to model organisation design and team interactions within your organisation based on the ideas in the book Team Topologies by Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais. Designed by the authors and battle-tested in training sessions around the world, these shapes help to visualise and explore different options for team responsibilities and interactions for organisations building modern software systems.
The shapes are indicated in the PDF with dotted lines. Simply print the PDF then cut along the dotted lines to use the shapes.
NOTE: you can also buy pre-cut shapes from our partner Agile Stationery - worldwide shipping.