Conway’s Law

Conway's law is, paraphrased, that the structure of software will mirror the structure of the organisation that built it.

Conway was mostly observing software development, but I would think it has some application to any large project: cruise ship design, car design, space shuttle design, and maybe even governments and law.

Law is kind of a strong word for an observation, but in any case, here are some other "laws":

• Fitt’s law
• Metcalfe’s law
• Goodhart’s Law
• Muphry’s law
• Moore’s law
• Koomey’s law
• The law of diminishing brownies
• The law of lockers and,
• my favourite, Hofstadter’s Law