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Architecture Modernization Enabling Teams (AMET)

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FThis article describes a pattern we have observed and applied in multi-team-scope architecture modernization initiatives, the Architecture Modernization Enabling Team (AMET). An AMET is a type of architecture enabling team that coordinates and upskills all teams and stakeholders in the modernization initiative.

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Remote Workshops Using Miro: What I’ve Learned So Far

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Recently I ran a fully remote, 2 full-day, Strategic Domain-Driven Design workshop using Miro. I knew that I didn’t want the online workshop to be a poor version of the in-person training. The Bounded Context Canvas As we progress through the workshop, we add more information to the canvas. This was necessitated by Covid.

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Modelling Bounded Contexts with the Bounded Context Design Canvas: A Workshop Recipe

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This is the question I get asked the most, so I’ve put together this article describing a workshop recipe you can use. In Domain-Driven Design, a large system is decomposed into bounded contexts , which become natural boundaries in code as microservices and as teams in the organisation. 30 minutes) Bounded Context Design Canvas (min.

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Organising Large Miro Boards For Remote Workshops

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Back in the summer I shared some of the techniques I’d been using to reimagine my in-person architecture workshops as remote digital offerings with Miro. My typical workshops usually range from 2 half days to 6 half days in duration spread over the course of 1–2 weeks. They’re a mixture of lectures and hands-on exercises.

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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

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I believe that attitude towards the design of code and architecture is one of them. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. Both valuing design and striving for continuous delivery are necessary.

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Strategic Domain-Driven Design Kata: Delivericious

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If you would like to learn or practice how to break up a large business into domains and use them as the foundation for your software architecture and team organization, I have created a strategic domain-driven design kata that you may find useful. Who to invite? I recommend organising attendees into groups of 4–5 people.

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Architecture & DDD Kata: Online Car Dealership

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I’ve just created a new kata which you and your team/friends can use to practice your architecture and domain-driven design skills. You can find out more about that here: [link] This kata is based on content from my workshops. Last year I published a similar kata using the Takeaway Food industry.