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

Strategic Tech

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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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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Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers

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Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. When a company’s digital representation lacks a dedicated UX/UI design team, it can be hard to produce something that stands out from the crowd. That’s why you need a good UI/UX designer. Nataliya Sambir. And vice versa.

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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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Domain Discovery Facilitation: Make Scale Explicit

Strategic Tech

If you facilitate or attend domain discovery workshops, one of the most effective and simplest ways to uncover insights is to make the scale or size of something explicit. For example, are we talking about a manual process performed by one employee or one thousand employees? and “How long does it take?”

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Inspired Design Decisions: Neville Brody Design Cannot Remain Neutral

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Inspired Design Decisions: Neville Brody Design Cannot Remain Neutral. Inspired Design Decisions: Neville Brody Design Cannot Remain Neutral. Local bands designed their own publicity and the mostly two-colour artwork was edgy and unpolished. Local screen-printing workshops offered affordable flyers and posters.

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