Team Topologies Distilled

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Team Topologies Distilled (3h) (EN/ES/PT)

Learn about the key ideas and patterns from Team Topologies that modern organizations are adopting for fast flow of change in just under 3h! This is a self-paced, video-based course. Captions are available in English, Spanish & Portuguese.

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Why should you take this course?

Understand critical constraints to software-based delivery such as Conway’s Law, trust boundaries, or team cognitive load, and leverage them rather than unknowingly fighting against them.
Discover modern approaches to organize and evolve teams for fast flow, such as a team-first approach, aligning to true streams of change, and moving from blocking to non-blocking team dependencies.
Learn practical techniques (with supporting tools) that you can apply today for better team dynamics: Team API, Thinnest Viable Platform, Team Cognitive Load assessment, Independent Service Heuristics, and more.

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Platform Engineering Bundle (15% off)

We have bundled the "Platform as a Product" course with the academy flagship course "Team Topologies Distilled" into the Platform Engineering Bundle at a 15% discount.

Course curriculum

1. Slides handout for Team Topologies Distilled Course
1. Obstacle #1: Blocking dependencies & handovers
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2. Obstacle #2: High cognitive load & teams pulled in many directions
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3. Obstacle #3: Unaware of Conway’s Law & sociotechnical systems
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4. Obstacle #4: Org charts restricting communication
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5. ASK YOURSELF: How well does your organization promote flow?
6. VIEWPOINT: Are large re-organizations effective for fast flow?
7. RECAP: Obstacles to Fast Flow
1. Elite performing teams are long lived
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2. Smaller teams maximize trust
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3. Focus on the team as the means of delivery
4. Team-first team members
5. ASK YOURSELF: Team-first or individual-first organization?
6. VIEWPOINT: Why HR needs to focus more on teams
7. RECAP: A Team-First Approach
1. Why Dunbar’s number and trust boundaries matter
2. Organize with trust boundaries in mind
3. How trust boundaries influence business & architecture decisions
4. Increase remote and onsite group trust
5. The Team API as a tool to increase trust
6. ASK YOURSELF: Do the groupings in my organization match Dunbar’s boundaries?
7. VIEWPOINT: Why management needs to elevate trust boundaries as a key organizational factor
8. RECAP: Trust Boundaries
1. Conway’s Law impacts business agility
2. What are Conway’s Law mismatches
3. What happens when we ignore Conway’s Law
4. Take advantage of the Reverse Conway maneuver
5. ASK YOURSELF: Have you seen Conway’s Law mismatches in your organization?
6. VIEWPOINT: What is a sociotechnical architect?
7. RECAP: Conway’s Law
1. CASE STUDY: Amazon
2. We need stream-aligned teams for fast flow
3. Stream-aligned teams need customer-centricity
4. Which capabilities do stream-aligned teams need
5. Which behaviors to expect from stream-aligned teams
6. ASK YOURSELF: Is your organization stream-aligned?
7. VIEWPOINT: Why specialists are still needed
8. RECAP: Stream-Aligned Teams
1. Why is team cognitive load important?
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2. How do we measure cognitive load?
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3. How do we minimize cognitive load?
4. Maximize “good” kinds of cognitive load
5. How the four fundamental team types help manage cognitive load
6. Team cognitive load as a key driver for team-sized services
7. ASK YOURSELF: Too high or too low cognitive load?
8. VIEWPOINT: Why team cognitive load should be an organizational concern
9. RECAP: Team Cognitive Load
1. How does a platform reduce cognitive load?
2. Treating the platform as a product is key
3. The platform as the path of least resistance
4. What is a Thinnest Viable Platform?
5. Complicated subsystem as a “mini-platform”
6. How does an enabling team reduce cognitive load?
7. How are enabling teams different?
8. ASK YOURSELF: Could platform and enabling teams help address high cognitive load in your organization?
9. VIEWPOINT: Looking at experts as mentors, not resources
10. RECAP: Platform & Enabling Teams
1. Why team types are not enough
2. What is Collaboration for
3. What is X-as-a-Service for
4. What is Facilitating for
5. Awkward team interactions as signals
6. Interactions modes are key to evolution
7. ASK YOURSELF: How would your organization benefit from clearer team interactions?
8. VIEWPOINT: Leveraging team interactions across teams
9. RECAP: Team Interaction Modes
1. How to get started with Team Topologies?
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2. Lessons learned in this course
3. The end
1. Key ideas and patterns from Team Topologies
1. Course Rating
2. Course Feedback

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€145,00
76 lessons

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What people are saying about the Team Topologies Distilled course

Donna Benjamin

Engagement Lead @ Red Hat Open Innovation Labs, Australia

"I would recommend this for anyone who wants to re-visit the book, and think more about how they might apply it to their real world environment. It's broken down into sections, with short videos (often under 5 mins) making it easy to consume in short bursts."

Mike Douse

Senior Enterprise Architect @ Roche, Switzerland

"Very clear and concise language makes for an easy to follow course. Genuinely useful material to apply in the real world."

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