In this talk, we'll share our hands-on experience applying Architecture for Flow (combining Wardley Mapping, DDD, and Team Topologies) to transform a growing software organization. Pirate Ship, a growing tech company, faced common scaling challenges: teams growing too large, unclear ownership of shared components, and dependencies blocking the flow.

Working with development teams across multiple workshops and iterations, we established stream-aligned teams with well-defined ownership boundaries.

We'll demonstrate how we used participatory approaches to map stream-aligned teams to identified bounded contexts and introduced a platform team. Through concrete examples, we'll show how combining software architecture with team topology patterns led to sustainable flow optimization.

Key Takeaways:
- A practical blueprint for participatory team reorganization combining Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design, and Team Topologies
- Proven workshop formats for domain discovery and team self-selection
- How to use consent-based decision making and self-selection to drive sustainable change
- Strategies for evolving from shared components to platform teams

In today’s fast-paced business environment, it’s essential for organizations to adapt and evolve continuously to remain competitive and relevant in the market. Organizations need to create systems that align with user needs (effectiveness) while ensuring rapid value delivery (efficiency).

This talk explores the synergy of Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Team Topologies as a holistic toolkit for building adaptive, socio-technical systems optimized for a fast, sustainable flow of value and feedback.

This talk takes you on a journey from mapping the current business landscape, identifying and unlocking blockers to flow from various perspectives to aligning teams, including evolving their interactions with the system and strategy we plan.