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What I think you're hinting at is that a development organization with nobody driving direction devolves into a pile of people working on pet projects rather th
by bane 11y ago
What I think you're hinting at is that a development organization with nobody driving direction devolves into a pile of people working on pet projects rather than doing the terrible boring work of shipping product.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law
- AndyNemmity 11y agoI don't see how Conway's law relates to what you said. Can you please elaborate? Do you think if no hirearchy is driving direction then there is a lack of communication between groups that work on projects?
- myhf 11y agoIf there is no hierarchy driving direction then there are 350 groups.
- jhou2 11y agoHolacracy implies no organization. It is a freeform, organic, shapeless philosophy with possibly no direction. The migration project has taken 27 months with 300 staff, about 8100 man-months, with apparently little to show for progress. Lots of people in a project with no tangible features, like a blob. I would say Conway's law fits perfectly.