Here a good recap of this with conclusions => https://www.smharter.com/blog/2025/12/08/team-topologies-vs-feature-teams/
Subtitle: How to structure and organise teams and cross-team collaboration around the work and the codebase
#TEAMTOPOLOGIES #FEATURETEAMS #LeSS
#SoftwareEngineering #ProductDevelopment
#SocioTechPractices
The superpower of Team Topologies lies in providing a vocabulary for talking about team structures and interactions.
Its Achilles' heel is being opinionated on exclusive code ownership at team level where shared product codebase ownership is also a valid heuristic.
See
- https://mstdn.social/deck/@lukadotnet/115610220128910374 and
- https://mstdn.social/deck/@lukadotnet/115496742476478660
A look back at @matthewskelton talk on "DDD-Lite", using Independent Service Heuristics from *Team Topologies* to find effective service boundaries. A pragmatic approach for when full DDD feels too involved.
Rewatch the video or listen to the podcast on our website.
#TeamTopologies meets #DDD and #WardleyMapping: Together with Nina Siessegger and Susanne Kaiser, we put the "Architecture for Flow" methodology into practice to reshape our engineering organization at Pirate Ship. #CaseStudy #EngineeringManagement
https://teamtopologies.com/industry-examples/reteaming-for-fast-flow-a-case-study-from-pirate-ship
The silent killer of high-performance teams is overburden (Muri). It’s the invisible pressure that slowly burns out your people and calcifies your architecture.
In the final part of my blog series on Lean Software Delivery, I look beyond the symptoms to expose the source and set out a practical sociotechnical plan to solve it.
Read the full conclusion here: https://matthew-shaw.github.io/blog/2025/11/25/the-root-cause-of-overburden/
#CognitiveLoad #DevOps #DomainDrivenDesign #Lean #PlatformEngineering #TeamTopologies #TechnicalDebt
Bryan Ross tackles the goal conflict at the heart of platform problems in this post on golden paths (one size does not fit all!)
https://newsletter.bryanross.me/p/golden-paths-one-size-does-not-fit
🚀 Black Friday starts Monday (Nov 24th) at Team Topologies Academy!
Buy any bundle or two courses, and get the Remote & Hybrid Team Interactions course FREE. Just send us your order confirmation.
I had a great time in London this year for the #FastFlowConf. The folks did a wonderful job with the video of my talk, "Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match!".
You can watch it here:
🌐 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sIcxkbhgVA
If your org is struggling to unlock its full potential, just get in touch!
This is where leadership and management must step in to manage and facilitate the underlying conflict, not the process itself.
The AAP is a structural mechanism, but its success relies entirely on the quality of our collaboration and mutual trust.
#TeamTopologies #ADR #SoftwareArchitecture #collaborativesoftwaredesign
I finally decided to write to make me feel like my quivering existence isn't merely job search anxiety. So what started as a simple book review sorta took on a life of its own!
Since @adrianco turned me on to Architecture for Flow by @suksr, I have been simmering with thoughts about it. I finished it last month and it has shaped what I've answered during interview questions.
But not only that, Susanne has created a great stepping-off point for me to talk about how to treat Incident Management in the context of achieving Architecture for Flow:
https://www.sounding.com/2025/11/06/flow-for-incidents/
#SRE #Incidents #Observability #WardleyMaps #TeamTopologies #DomainDrivenDesign #ArchitectureForFlow
Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters by Rich Allen
Watch here: https://youtu.be/maH7lWKKUlc
#books #ebooks #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking #OrganizationalDesign #TeamTopologies #SoftwareLeadership #Leanpub
The 1st time I was called out for leaning toward my passion and preferences and ignoring the pros of an alternative technique was by Giulio Vian. We have all been there; moving beyond that is part of the journey toward professional maturity.
Thanks to Outpace Conf for hosting a potentially controversial topic and for the great discussions with the audience 🎉
#OutpaceConf
#Manchester
#technologyConference
#seniorPractitioners
#leaders
#TEAMTOPOLOGIES
#FEATURETEAMS
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Team Topologies Vs Feature Teams
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Here at the tech conference Outpace Conf (Manchester), I am exploring the trade-offs, pros and cons, and contextual fitness of two ways to organise teams. And sharing insights from the audience, based on their lived experience.
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#OutpaceConf
#Manchester
#technologyConference
#seniorPractitioners
#leaders
#TEAMTOPOLOGIES
#FEATURETEAMS
Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters by Rich Allen
Watch here: https://youtu.be/maH7lWKKUlc
#books #ebooks #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking #OrganizationalDesign #TeamTopologies #SoftwareLeadership #Leanpub
NEW! A Leanpub Podcast Episode 🎙️ Feat. Rich Allen, Author of User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters
Watch here: https://youtu.be/IyLQ6AFSpIM
#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #UserNeedsMapping #TeamAlignment #FlowOptimization #SocioTechnical #ProductDelivery #SystemThinking #OrganizationalDesign #TeamTopologies #SoftwareLeadership #Leanpub #podcast
What's really slowing your team down? Spoiler alert: it's (mostly) not about technology...
I've written a practical and evidence-based guide that breaks down the eight wastes of modern software delivery, their validated impact on key DORA metrics, and what you can do to fix them.
Stop being busy and start delivering value.
https://matthew-shaw.github.io/blog/2025/10/25/the-eight-wastes-of-modern-software-delivery/
#Lean #ContinuousDelivery #DevOps #DORA #PlatformEngineering #TeamTopologies
I blend the concepts of #TeamTopologies and #BeyondBudgeting to entice people to rethink their operating models, just beyond a "new funding model". We need a holistic view of the management model, and improvements are needed across the board.
What are your struggles to improve flow in your organization?
I look forward to returning to Berlin and the wonderful #kanDDDinsky conference this week. It is one of my definitive highlights of the year, and I am really happy to be able to speak there again. This time, I will challenge the approach many companies have to what they regard as self-organisation, like when attempting an agile transformation, like rolling out Team Topologies or similar attempts at "empowerment."
Decades of research in the social sciences have clearly shown how this ought to be done. Unfortunately, most in the IT industry seem to be ignorant of this. Hope to change that. It is surprisingly easy, but it will require systemic changes in thinking. 😊
#systemsThinking #sociotechnical #selfOrganisation #agile #teamTopologies #orgDesign #KanDDDinsky
🎄 Ja, ist denn heut schon Weihnachten? 🎅
Feels like it, I just got an amazing gift! 🎁
A personally signed copy of Team Topologies – Second Edition from Manuel Pais.
Loving the new case-study section, it makes flow, cognitive load & team interactions truly tangible.
Thanks Manuel Pais & Matthew Skelton for this inspiring, transformational book! 💡
