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21
May
2021
From EventStorming to CoDDDing
To really understand what our users need so that we can build the right thing, we want to have a first-hand experience of 'real-life stories' before we model and create our software. To quote Alberto Brandolini "it is not the domain expert's knowledge that goes into production, it is the developer's assumption of that knowledge...
19
May
2021
Wardley Mapping Conversations #15: DDD and Wardley Mapping’
Ben is joined by Xin Yao and João Rosa to discuss the intersection of Domain-Driven Design and Wardley Mapping.Date: 19 May 2021
Location: Online
Website: https://learnwardleymapping.com/event/wardley-mapping-conversations-11-ddd-and-wardley-mapping-with-joao-and-xin/
12
Feb
2021
Designing Bounded Contexts for Microservices Using Visual Collaboration
There is an industry trend where businesses are moving towards autonomous product teams. These teams aim to be end-to-end responsible for the product they are building and maintaining. With the help of Continuous Delivery, teams have faster feedback cycles in which they can probe if a certain feature works. To achieve end-to-end team autonomy, companies...
12
Feb
2021
Enterprise Architecture & DDD: Partners in Design
Did you ever experiment tension between different people inside of an organisation, with regards to design strategies? On one field, the Enterprise Architects and their business capabilities, and on the other side the Domain-Driven Design practitioners with their patterns? Endless hours of discussion about the design strategy, leading to waste and polarisation.
What if we could...
11
Jan
2021
Mental models: a reflection on AWS outage
My reflection on the recent AWS outage (November 2020). Rather than focus on the technical aspects, and how technical dependencies can be managed, I will deep dive into social aspects; namely the mental models, and how they play in a sociotechnical system under stress. I will share my experiences in how to escape from the reliability trap
11
Dec
2020
Hands-on visual and collaborative modelling with EventStorming
The Open Group recently published the Open Agile Architecture™ standard, which offers an approach to architects at scale with agility. It provides guidance and best practices for Enterprise Architects seeking to transition into Agile and Digital contexts. It also puts a focus on Domain-Driven Design as an approach to software delivery. In this panel, our...
08
Dec
2020
Panel: Practical Open Agile Architecture standard and Domain-Driven Design
The Open Group recently published the Open Agile Architecture™ standard, which offers an approach to architects at scale with agility. It provides guidance and best practices for Enterprise Architects seeking to transition into Agile and Digital contexts. It also puts a focus on Domain-Driven Design as an approach to software delivery. In this panel, our...
27
Nov
2020
From EventStorming to CoDDDing with the model exploration whirpool
To really understand what our users need so that we can build the right thing, we want to have a first-hand experience of 'real-life stories' before we model and create our software. To quote Alberto Brandolini "it is not the domain expert's knowledge that goes into production, it is the developer's assumption of that knowledge...
25
Nov
2020
Organisational structures to create autonomy: what I’ve learned from my daughter
As a parent, I have the gift to see my daughter grow. I’m learning every single day, and I’ve some learnings that apply to organisations, allowing people and teams to be autonomous