João on the background, with a foreground of the hands-on workbook
10 Apr 2025
Hands-On

Leveraging Team Topologies for Organization and Software Evolution – DDD NL

Increase the flow of delivery with effective software design and team interactions Have you ever faced roadblocks in software development stemming from disjointed team structures or interactions? You’re not alone. Misalignment between software and the domain, siloed teams focusing on random tasks, or processes dictating software architecture often end up in rigid software that is not...

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João on stage presenting the talk
27 Mar 2025
Talks

Team Topologies is not enough; you need a management model to match! – FastFlowConf NL

Team Topologies have crossed the chasm. Folks are using it, and as with any good approach based on patterns, they discover blockers to flow. They discuss those and try to improve. However, there is always some feeling that dark patterns pull away the evolution of teams and their interactions. The organization's design and software architecture...

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João explaining Team Topologies
20 Mar 2025
Hands-On

Leveraging Team Topologies for Organization and Software Evolution – DataGrid meetup

Increase the flow of delivery with effective software design and team interactions Have you ever faced roadblocks in software development stemming from disjointed team structures or interactions? You’re not alone. Misalignment between software and the domain, siloed teams focusing on random tasks, or processes dictating software architecture often end up in rigid software that is not...

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A messy Team Interactions Modeling diagram, which doesn't follow the rules, and tries to represent the full enterprise
28 Aug 2024
Thoughts

The most important part of Team Topologies is also the one most people overlook

Last year, during FastFlowConf, Matthew Skelton answered questions about what had changed/evolved since the Team Topologies book was published. In his own words, they (both authors) should have emphasized the team interactions and the evolution of the topologies over time as central themes for achieving a fast flow of value. We sometimes hear criticism that the...

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21 Jun 2024
Thoughts

Adopting an Intentional Strategy for Managing Team Cognitive Load

I recently created an online cohort-based course, Effectively Manage Team Cognitive Load. Since the release of Team Topologies book, I have adopted its language and principles in my consultancy practice, supporting organizations in their digital transformation journey. I've noticed in the field that more people are aware of the effects of unmanaged Team Cognitive Load...

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Group doing the exercise during DevOpsDays NL 2024
19 Jun 2024
Workshops

Leveraging Team Topologies for software evolution – DevOpsDays NL

Have you ever faced roadblocks in software development stemming from disjointed team structures or interactions? You’re not alone. Misalignments between software and the domain, siloed teams focusing on discrete tasks, or processes dictating software architecture often culminate in rigid software not resonating with evolving requirements. Enter Team Topologies, a pattern language, and a set of principles...

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Group doing the exercise during NCrafts
17 May 2024
Workshops

Leveraging Team Topologies for software evolution – NCrafts

Have you ever faced roadblocks in software development stemming from disjointed team structures or interactions? You’re not alone. Misalignments between software and the domain, siloed teams focusing on discrete tasks, or processes dictating software architecture often culminate in rigid software not resonating with evolving requirements. Enter Team Topologies, a pattern language, and a set of principles...

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07 Mar 2024
Talks

Intentional Architecture

Our software craft is constantly changing. Technology evolves, and our skills and practices develop as well. How about the teams we are part of? And the organizations? The evolution at the team and organization level is slower but has the potential to be more disruptive. Our brain likes routine, and it is hardwired that way....

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05 Mar 2024
Podcast

Avoiding the Agile Bureaucracy with Rosa and Hjorteland

In today’s episode, we are joined by João Rosa and Trond Hjorteland, two organizational consultants with a unique point of view, who take us through the depth of Open Systems Theory, and what it means to be socio-technical practitioners, passionate about transitioning democratic organizations to fast-flowing operational models. With many years of experience in large and...

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