The following ideas are useful in org design1.

  1. Are there people responsible for the shared context/components “communication conduits”
  2. Are teams external dependencies non-blocking? (Teams don’t sit idle waiting for items beyond their control )
  3. Can product teams provision their own resources via self service?

1. Skelton, M., Pais, M. & Malan, R. Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow. (IT Revolution Press, Portland, OR, 2019).