Facilitating Software Architecture

About the Author

Andrew Harmel-Law is a tech principal at Thoughtworks, specializing in domain-driven design, org design, software and systems architecture, Agile delivery, build tools, and automation. Andrew’s experience spans the software development lifecycle and many sectors.

Andrew is also an author and trainer for O’Reilly, having written not only this book about facilitating software architecture but also a chapter about implementing the Accelerate/DORA four key metrics. Andrew also runs regular online training sessions such as “Domain-Drive Design (First Steps)” and “Architecture Decision Making by Example.” What motivates Andrew is the humane delivery and sustainable evolution of large-scale software solutions that fulfill complex user needs. Andrew understands that people, architecture, process, and tooling all have key roles to play in achieving this. Andrew has a great passion for open source software and its communities. Andrew has been involved with OSS to a greater or lesser extent since their career began; as a user, contributor, expert group member, or paid advocate—most notably as one of the Jenkins JobDSL originators.

Andrew enjoys sharing their experience as much as possible. This sharing is seen in not only formal consulting engagements but also informally through mentoring, blog posts, conferences (keynoting, speaking, and organizing), and open sourcing their code.

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