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New proposal for Minneapolis.

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+author: Speaker 12
+title: "Conway's Law: The Skeleton Of Devops"
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+**Abstract:**
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+Devops is about communication. In order to make better software, we seek out diverse viewpoints, use a common vocabulary, and encourage transparency.    
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+But despite all this focus on communication, we don't have much of a framework to guide our decisions.                                               
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+"Should we do continuous integration?"
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+"Why not? People seem to like that." 
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+"What about ChatOps?"
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+"Sure, yeah; it works for GitHub."
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+Well, there's a half-forgotten rule -- first stated 46 years ago -- that can guide us through these decisions. It's called Conway's Law:
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+Organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.
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+I'll show how Conway's Law is derived, how it's been empirically tested, and how it informs so much of what we do in devops. I want my audience to walk away with a new tool for spreading devops, shaping cross-team communication, and moving forward with confidence. 
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+**Speaker:**
+Speaker 12
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