Title: Team Topologies, Second Edition: Organizing Business and Technology for Fast Flow of Value
Authors: Matthew Skelton, Manuel Pais
Publication date: September 23, 2025 (2nd ed., IT Revolution) — September 17, 2019 (1st ed.)
Pages: 304 (2nd ed.); 240 (1st ed.)
Value for PMs & founders (problem it solves)
A practical operating model to organize product & tech teams for fast, reliable flow of value by managing team cognitive load, defining four team types and three interaction modes, and aligning org structure with system architecture.
Summary
Defines four fundamental team types (stream-aligned, enabling, platform, complicated-subsystem) and three interaction modes (collaboration, X-as-a-Service, facilitating). Treats the team as the unit of delivery, reduces costly dependencies, and leverages platform teams to remove friction. The 2nd edition (2025) adds new case studies and field insights.
3 community-reported takeaways (with sources)
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Explicit team types & interaction modes improve flow and reduce coordination costs. O’Reilly Media
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Design for cognitive load—platform teams free stream-aligned teams to focus on outcomes. Atlassian
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Use (inverse) Conway’s Law to shape teams toward the architecture you want. web.devopstopologies.com
Buy online (FR & international)
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IT Revolution (publisher) – 2nd ed. IT Revolution
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Amazon (US) – 2nd ed. Amazon
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Bookshop.org (US/UK) – paperback. Bookshop UK
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Barnes & Noble (US) – paperback. Barnes & Noble
Author of Impact Factories / Co-founder of Shy Robotics and Product Whys / Head of Product at Dassault Systèmes / Engineer passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship
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