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Architecture Modernization Enabling Teams (AMET)

Strategic Tech

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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Architecture & DDD Kata: Online Car Dealership

Strategic Tech

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. This kata is split into four sections that address different aspects of architecting software systems.

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

Strategic Tech

How do we break a large system into smaller, more manageable modular components? This is the question I get asked the most, so I’ve put together this article describing a workshop recipe you can use. 45 minutes) I recommend allocating a full-day for this workshop as a starting point. 1 hour) Candidate Context Modelling (min.

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Nurturing Design in Your Software Engineering Culture

Strategic Tech

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. I believe that attitude towards the design of code and architecture is one of them. Martin Fowler argues that internal quality of a software system enables new features and improvements to be delivered more sustainably.

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There’s a straight line between strong decision-making and good software architecture

O'Reilly Software

Thoughtful and effective decision-making was a key trend at the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference in Berlin 2019. The ability to make good decisions might be the most important aspect of a software architecture practitioner’s job. Every day.every week.every month, you make critical architectural decisions.

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Forming an Architecture Modernization Enabling Team (AMET)

Strategic Tech

Architecture modernization initiatives are strategic efforts involving many teams, usually for many months or years. An AMET is an architecture Enabling Team that helps to coordinate and upskill all teams and stakeholders involved in a modernization initiative. They need a more loosely coupled architecture and empowered teams.

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Turning Domain Discovery into Product and Organizational Improvements with a DDD Exemplar

Strategic Tech

One of the challenges I see regularly is inertia following domain discovery workshops. Another hurdle to decision making is when technology leaders feel that the skills needed to deliver big changes don’t exist within the organization like the lack of DDD, architecture, or cloud skills. It’s also possible to exchange complexity.