Software Architecture Speed Strategy Systems 
O'Reilly Software
OCTOBER 23, 2018
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.
The Agile Manager
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
IBM had launched the trademarked Personal Computer in 1981 using an open architecture of widely available components from 3rd party sources such as Intel and the fledgling Disk Operating System from an unknown firm in Seattle called Microsoft. In 1987, IBM introduced a new product, the Personal System/2.
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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.
Strategic Tech
DECEMBER 2, 2018
Ideally, all of our teams would be delivering at maximum speed and would all be heading in the same direction, highly-aligned with business goals. Unfortunately, we need to balance speed and alignment, and how we make this trade-off is not clear because not all alignment has the same cost. Aligned Autonomy ?
Strategic Tech
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
I’ve been disappointed for a long time with the way in which companies organise software development teams. I remember as a young, naive software developer, I assumed there would be structured processes and patterns similar to those used for designing a software architecture.
Strategic Tech
JUNE 23, 2018
Loosely-coupled teams enabled by loosely-coupled software architecture is one of the strongest predictors of continuous delivery performance and organizational scaling. Decoupling Streams of Work Our goal when designing systems is to maximise the speed of delivery and value of the work we deliver.
Strategic Tech
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
This can become delicate when the mindsets of each teams are optimising for different things, most commonly speed vs reliability. The system needs to be highly reliable because even just a little downtime can alienate loyal customers. A good engineering organization moves at speed with high reliability.
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