It states that organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations. — M. Conway The law is based on the reasoning that in order for a software module to function, multiple authors must communicate frequently with each other.
Оригінальний текст(англ.) "organizations which design systems ... are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations." —M. Conway Закон базується на роздумах про те що для того щоб модуль програми міг функціонувати, різні автори мають часто спілкуватися один з одним.