Conway's Law
The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".
[Jargon File]Last updated: 2015-12-30
Nearby terms:
Conway, John Horton ♦ Conway's Game of Life ♦ Conway's Law ♦ Conway's Life ♦ cooC
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