As written by the Conway of "Conway's law" in 1968: As long as the manager's prestige and power are tied to the size of his budget, he will be motivated to exp

As written by the Conway of "Conway's law" in 1968: As long as the manager's prestige and power are tied to the size of his budget, he will be motivated to expand his organization. This is an inappropriate motive in the management of a system design activity. Once the organization exists, of course, it will be used. Probably the greatest single common factor behind many poorly designed systems now in existence has been the availability of a design organization in need of work.