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Design teams for flow.

Team Topologies, from Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, describes four team types, each shaped to keep cognitive load manageable.

Stream-aligned

The Main Work

Owns a flow of change for a product or customer journey, end to end.

Platform

Self-Service

Provides internal services other teams use without waiting.

Enabling

Coaching

Helps other teams pick up new skills, then steps back.

Complicated subsystem

Deep Specialism

Owns a part that needs rare expertise, like a call-routing engine.

Source: Team Topologies: Key Concepts ↗

Limit the load. Clarify how teams work together.