 ##  [Conway's Law](/conways-law) 

  ##  [Conway's Law](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/conways-law-0) 

  
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**Natural &amp; Formal Sciences Dictionary**

 
Definition

An adage that a system's architecture tends to mirror the communication structure of the organization that designs it, implying that organizational boundaries influence technical boundaries.

 
 ##  [Conway's Law](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/conways-law-1) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A principle asserting that the structure of a designed system (its modular decomposition, interfaces, and interaction patterns) tends to reflect the communication structure of the organization that designs it, meaning organizational partitioning and communication constraints shape the system architecture produced.