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Reverse Conway Manouver

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20 Jul 2023
  1. Definition
  2. Pincer

Definition

The reverse conway manouver is a way to reverse engineer the orgnaizsational strucutre around the technological architecture.

Pincer

The best way to actually do it, is to get technologists around the architecture and c-suite around the effects of it, then squeeze out every change in the middle

Sources

  • The Mythical Man-Month, Fred Brooks, 1975.

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