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Operating Model Choices
Advanced (EA, TS)5-6 hoursOperating model design canvas + team topology guide + Conway's Law application worksheet + Communication Structure Heatmap

How the structure of technology teams shapes the structure of the systems they build — covering Conway's Law, centralised vs federated models, platform teams, product operating models, team topologies, and designing the organisation that produces the architecture you want.

Quick Navigation Start here — Conway's Law Centralised vs federated Platform teams Product operating models Team topologies Governance...

1 DayIntensive
StrategicEA · TS
ArchitectureOperating ModelConway's LawTeam TopologiesPlatform TeamsStrategyView Details
Team Topologies & Organisational Design Workshop
CTO, VP Engineering, Engineering Directors, Principal EngineersTeam topology map, interaction model, platform team charter, cognitive load assessment

Your architecture isn't just a technical choice. It's a consequence of how your teams are structured. Fix the structure, and the architecture follows.

...problem. Your teams will build a system that looks like your organisation. That's not a metaphor — it's a law. If you want a different architecture, you need a different team structure first. That one idea changes...

1 DayIntensive
Team BlueprintClear Boundaries
Team TopologiesOrganisational DesignConway's LawDelivery ExcellenceView Details
Solution Decomposition
Intermediate (SA, EA)4-6 hoursDecomposition canvas + domain/service/component hierarchy guide

How to break large, complex systems into smaller, independently manageable parts — so different teams can build, own, and change them without stepping on each other.

...the function. By team — split along organisational boundaries. What can a single team own end-to-end? Conway's Law in action. No single strategy is always right. Most real systems use a mix — domain boundaries...

1.5 DaysIntensive
FoundationSA · EA
ArchitectureSolution DesignDecompositionDomain Driven DesignBoundariesView Details
How Architects Think
All levels — SA, EA, TS5-6 hoursSystems thinking toolkit + abstraction ladder + decision heuristics reference card

The cognitive toolkit of architecture — systems thinking, abstraction, balancing business and technical concerns, deciding under uncertainty, and trade-off thinking. Builds the mindset, not just the knowledge.

...Design for change — assume requirements will change. YAGNI — don't build for hypothetical futures. Conway's Law — design team structure to match desired architecture. Chesterton's Fence — don't change...

1 DayIntensive
MindsetNot just methods
ArchitectureFoundationsSystems ThinkingDecision MakingView Details
Why Architecture Exists
All levels — SA, EA, TS3-4 hoursArchitecture purpose framework — complexity · alignment · risk · change · shared understanding

Why architecture exists — managing complexity, aligning technology with business, reducing risk, enabling change, and creating shared understanding across teams.

...decisions using the same criteria. Common context — everyone knows what other teams are doing and why. Conway's Law says it plainly: "Organisations which design systems are constrained to produce designs...

Half-dayIntensive
PurposeWhy it matters
ArchitectureFoundationsComplexityBusiness AlignmentView Details
Technology Leadership & Organizational Excellence
Intermediate to AdvancedLeadership roadmap and team enablement plan

Learn to lead high-performance engineering organizations with clear decision rights, distributed leadership, and AI-augmented team management for the future of work.

...load) Assign teams based on domain boundaries Avoid "spanish孵化器" (team that owns too many domains) Use the Conway's Law corollary: team boundaries shape system boundaries Implementation checklist: [ ] Map current...

2 DaysWorkshop
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LeadershipOrganizational DesignDecision RightsAI Augmented TeamsView Details