Manuel Pais on Team Topologies

CaSE: Conversations about Software Engineering

Sven Johann talks with Manuel Pais about Team Topologies

• Interview with Werner Vogels
• Team Topologies book
  • Free resources
• Github: tools and templates
• Team Topologies Academy
• Platform as a Product
• Nikki Watts, Platform Engineering as a Community Service

Chapter Marks:

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:45 The challenge of “two pizza” teams
• 07:00 The three types of cognitive load
• 10:48 Measuring cognitive load
• 16:44 Stream aligned (“two pizza”) teams
• 21:26 Platform teams
• 22:54 Enabling teams
• 24:25 Complicated subsystem teams
• 26:13 Overcoming common problems of enabling teams
• 38:21 What do Platform teams do?
• 53:35 Interaction modes between teams
• 56:08 Applying team topologies in small organisations
• 59:51 Closing

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. The challenge of “two pizza” teams (00:01:45)

3. The three types of cognitive load (00:07:00)

4. Measuring cognitive load (00:10:48)

5. Stream aligned (“two pizza”) teams (00:16:44)

6. Platform teams (00:21:26)

7. Enabling teams (00:22:54)

8. Complicated subsystem teams (00:24:25)

9. Overcoming common problems of enabling teams (00:26:13)

10. What do Platform teams do? (00:38:21)

11. Interaction modes between teams (00:53:35)

12. Applying team topologies in small organisations (00:56:08)

13. Closing (00:59:51)