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Conway's law
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English
Etymology
en computer programmer Melvin Conway =, who introduced the idea in 1967.
Proper noun
en computing An adage that states that organizations design computer systems that mirror their own communication structure.
en 2021 Mehdi Medjaoui; Erik Wilde; Ronnie Mitra; Mike Amundsen Continuous API Management O'Reilly https://books.google.com/books?id=I2lPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT215&dq=%22Conway%27s+law%22&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Conway's%20law%22&f=false 9781098103477 Recognizing Conway's Law¶ In the last several years, Mel Conway's 1967 paper “How Do Committees Invent?” has become an almost required topic in presentations about microservices as well as APIs in general.
en adages ending in "law"