Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Here’s an example I use in talks and workshops: How to group these concepts into domains? The same concepts can belong to different domains When modelling systems we have to choose the most appropriate domain boundaries with which to align our software and organisational boundaries. It is too ambiguous and more precision is needed.

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Strategic Tech

JANUARY 22, 2024

Typically, there’s a period where modernization is discussed as the pains of legacy systems and/or ways of working are noticed and become ever more prominent, blocking the business strategy. You can also experiment with various workshop formats. Some companies talk about modernizing for years before they make a serious commitment.

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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.

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Strategic Tech

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

One of the challenges I see regularly is inertia following domain discovery workshops. It can guid you through your first few cycles of discovery, strategy, and implementation and then you’ll be in a good place to guide yourself. My advice is to use Simon Wardley’s Strategy Cycle as the basis for your narrative.

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Strategic Tech

JULY 18, 2018

If we align our software architecture and teams with these enduring business capabilities, theoretically we’ll have stable, long-term boundaries within which to create sustainable software and minimal dependencies between the teams that run them.

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Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

Run Regular Design Katas and Internal Workshops Design katas are an excellent way to build up an appreciation for design, both at the code and architectural level. Katas and workshops are useful techniques for early adopters/influencers and enabling teams to employ. It can be a cost-effective approach.

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Strategic Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Product Mode by Sriram Narayan Innovation Portfolio An innovation portfolio is invaluable because it expresses where products and platforms are in their lifecycle, revealing where each fits into the strategy. Essentially, this helps to see what’s important now and what the big bets for the future are.

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Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I suggest regular domain discovery workshops to identify hidden domain coupling. This is an important leadership and strategy issue. Naturally, though, the business model, operating model, and strategy all become more complex, especially when dependencies and contention for limited resources arise.

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Strategic Tech

APRIL 27, 2019

This organisational pattern can be mirrored in the software architecture, emphasising the sociotechnical nature of systems. While it is nice to go out of your way to please others, the resulting compromises to the software architecture can lead to dangerous sociotechnical side-effects.

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Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

If you like the content in this article, and want to learn more about using Domain-Driven Design to create a loosely-coupled architecture and organisational structure, keep an eye out for my upcoming public workshops , or contact me for private consulting and training opportunities.

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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. Where we place boundaries impacts our ability to innovation, the quality of our UX, and execution of our strategy.

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Strategic Tech

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If you’d like to go through the whole process of modelling domains, shaping the software architecture, and finding aggregates, join my 2 day workshop at DDD EU in February 2020. Hope to see you there.

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