12. Conway’s Law kicks in
Monolithic applications
lead to monolithic teams
Controller
ActiveRecord
Model
Database
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13. Big teams == overhead
Who is doing what?
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14. Big teams == overhead
Stand-ups become the
main communication
channel
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15. Big teams == overhead
Massive backlog requires
constant grooming and
management
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16. Big teams == overhead
In the end you’ll need a full
time “Iteration Manager”
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