I didn't find that simple at all >_<. Your example works, though, I fear you're getting way to granular for the application of Conway's Law, which talks more t

I didn't find that simple at all >_<. Your example works, though, I fear you're getting way to granular for the application of Conway's Law, which talks more to how applications map to departments/power structures. edit: Thinking further, I think that for Conway's Law to apply, it isn't so much about time/cost/complexity tradeoffs, but more about constraints due to your org structure and communication. Conway's Law would be more acute if due to some communication constraint in your company (e.g. regulatory, politics, incompetence), you were forced to go with choice A or choice B (e.g. information silo).