The underlying aim of many “reorganizations” in the past was to reduce staff or create fiefdoms of power for managers and leaders. When we change the organization structure to accommodate Conway’s law, we are aiming to improve the space (context, constraints, etc.) in which organizations search for solutions with software systems. These two approaches are mutually exclusive. With software and “product” companies, structure should anticipate product architecture. Combined with a team-first approach, regular reorganizations for management reasons should become a thing of the past.
