Processing Software Architecture Systems Workshop 
Strategic Tech
JULY 22, 2019
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.
Strategic Tech
APRIL 1, 2022
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. All architecture decisions are ultimately driven by a company’s business model, so I think this is a sensible starting point.
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Strategic Tech
MARCH 16, 2021
Martin Fowler argues that internal quality of a software system enables new features and improvements to be delivered more sustainably. Spread Domain Expertise Design is more than generic technical patterns that can be applied to almost software system. They prefer to work in isolation and just deliver.
O'Reilly Software
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
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.
Strategic Tech
SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
One of the challenges I see regularly is inertia following domain discovery workshops. Some complexity we embrace because there is an opportunity to differentiate, whereas some complexity is providing little or no value and is simply making our systems more complex and expensive to maintain. It’s also possible to exchange complexity.
Strategic Tech
MAY 3, 2021
Mapping out your business’s domain landscape has many benefits: knowledge sharing, generating product ideas, providing the foundation for software architecture, aligning on requirements, but a common challenge is… “where do we start?” The following steps are my baseline format for a series of discovery workshops.
Strategic Tech
JANUARY 22, 2024
The figure below shows the typical life-cycle of an architecture modernization initiative, including commonly observed points where we have observed AMET formation. Their technology landscape has a high level of what they consider to be legacy or heritage systems — monolithic systems with tens or hundreds of developers working in them.
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