exploiting conway’s law for underpants and profit

JEFF HACKERT| ENGINEERING MANAGER

CONWAY’S LAW

KEN SCHWABER:

SCRUM

TECHNOLOGY !!

KEN SCHWABER:

SCRUM

TECHNOLOGY

REQUIREMENTS

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KEN SCHWABER:

SCRUM

TECHNOLOGY

KEN SCHWABER:

SCRUM

REQUIREMENTS

PEOPLE

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TECHNOLOGY

KEN SCHWABER:

SCRUM

REQUIREMENTS

PEOPLE

!!

!!

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A project with certain technology and agreed upon functionality is now categorized as complicated rather than simple because of the people vector.

CONWAY’S LAW

Organizations which design systems … are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations

RIGHT

template "/etc/readme.txt" do

source "readme.txt.erb"

variables(:one => one,

:two => two,

:three => three)

end

RIGHT

template "/etc/readme.txt" do

source "readme.txt.erb"

variables(:one => one,

:two => two,

:three => three)

end

WRONG template "/etc/readme.txt" do

source "readme.txt.erb"

variables(

:one => one,

:two => two,

:three => three

)

end

Idiots

Things get very clear when you’re cornered.

- CHOGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE

RIGHTNESS The right to be right is irrelevant; it's only the right to be wrong that makes you free.

- Peopleware

RIGHTNESS The right to be right is irrelevant; it's only the right to be wrong that makes you free.

- Peopleware

DUMB I will never do anything dumb on purpose.

– J. McCarthy

As human beings, we are basically awake and we can understand reality.

We are not enslaved by our lives; we are free. Being free… means simply that we have a body and a mind, and

WE CAN UPLIFT OURSELVES IN ORDER TO WORK WITH REALITY IN A DIGNIFIED AND HUMOROUS WAY

…we can handle our universe properly and fully…

- CHOGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE

BOOKS Emotional Intelligence – Dan Goleman

Conscious Business – Fred Koffman

Words of My Perfect Teacher – Patrul Rimpoche

Peopleware – Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister

Way of the Bodhisattva – Shantideva

Software for Your Head – Jim McCarthy

Search Inside Yourself – Chade-Meng Tan

@jhackert jhackert@riotgames.com