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The Relationship Between Software Architecture And Business Models (and more)

Strategic Tech

But what is the actual relationship between a business model and a software architecture? If I know how decisions in one space affect the other, I’m going to make better architectural decisions. It’s not just about business models and architecture, though. There are other systems involved in this tangled relationship.

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How architecture evolves into strategy

O'Reilly Software

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I should start by saying this section does not offer a treatise on how to do architecture. Technology systems are difficult to wrangle. Our systems grow in accidental complexity and complication over time.

Strategy 100
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Up your quality and agility factor – using automation to build “performance-as-a-self-service”

Dynatrace

This involves new software delivery models, adapting to complex software architectures, and embracing automation for analysis and testing. Here is the definition of this model: ?. One way to apply improvements is transforming the way application performance engineering and testing is done. Performance-as-a-self-service

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Sociotechnical Design Variables

Strategic Tech

Over the past few years I have focused much of my learning and work choices around learning about the design of sociotechnical systems?—?how how to design software architectures and organise teams around them. Strategic Relevance Shape boundaries based on importance to current business strategy. E.g. Genesis, commodity.

Design 45
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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? 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. Both a wide and deep knowledge of the business and domain is essential.

Design 76
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Domain, Subdomain, Bounded Context, Problem/Solution Space in DDD: Clearly Defined

Strategic Tech

Domain-Driven Design is an approach to designing systems, usually software, that emphasises creating a common language between domain experts and system builders. However, some concepts in DDD do not have a clear definition and are highly implicit. This definition of a domain is very fuzzy. It can be anything.

Design 98
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What is a Domain?

Strategic Tech

This gets tricky at times when collaborating with different companies or communities that use different definitions. To reduce undesired ambiguity in communication consider using the specific definitions. I encounter this problem quite frequently when the word domain is used in the context of business and software architecture.