X.2.1 · Skill in Systems thinking

Interdependencies

How changes in one part ripple into others.

Products, teams and markets are connected systems. A change to pricing affects support, activation and infrastructure. Mapping these connections before a change prevents surprises.

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Resources

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Conway's law ↗
Martin Fowler · 7 min
Systems end up shaped like the organisation that builds them, so team boundaries are design decisions too.
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Introduction to systems thinking ↗
Will Larson · 2018 · 4 min
Stocks, flows and feedback applied to an engineering team, in a few minutes.

Tools

ToolFreemium
Kumu
kumu.io ↗
Map systems, stakeholders and relationships as interactive diagrams.