Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

by Matthew Skelton

In all cases, we should aim for a thinnest viable platform (TVP) and avoid letting the platform dominate the discourse.

“software developers love building platforms and, without strong product management input, will create a bigger platform than needed.”

The platform attempts to “get out of the way” of Dev teams, enabling them to build what they need with few pre-conceptions about how teams need to do that.