Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow

by Matthew Skelton

So, what kinds of things should an organization sense? These questions can help an organization discover the answer: Have we misunderstood how users need/want to behave? Do we need to change team-interaction modes to enhance how the organization is working? Should we still be building thing X in house? Should we be renting it from an external provider? Is the close collaboration between Team A and Team B still effective? Should we move toward an X-as-a-Service model? Is the flow of work for Team C as smooth as it could be? What hampers flow? Does the platform for teams D, E, F, and G provide everything those teams need? Is an enabling team needed for a period of time? Are the promises between these two teams still valid and achievable? What needs to change to make the promises more realistic?