Seeing Sociotechnical Systems with Michael Feathers

The Mob Mentality Show - A podcast by The Mob Mentality Show - Tuesdays

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How do you end up with legacy code? How come things don't go as planned? Is it as simple as one bad process/practice? Bad tech? Bad people?Conway’s Law describes how team structure influences software structure. But, does software structure also influence team structure? Is there a bidirectional feedback loop between people and code?Join Chris and Austin as they discuss with Michael Feathers about how we can learn to better see our sociotechnical systems and factor that into our decision-making. In addition we talk about the dynamics of team/org sizing and specialization. Lastly we talk about the impact of Mob Programming on a system and the role of an architect. Video and show notes: https://youtu.be/AC4ZvN6riPE