Software Architecture Hour: The Architecture Advice Process with Andrew Harmel-Law
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Join us for a special conversation with Neal Ford and Thoughtworks tech principal Andrew Harmel-Law about how the definition of an “effective” software architect is changing in response to the rise of modern decoupled systems. Architects, and traditional architectural approaches, must evolve to meet the challenges of increasingly autonomous, independent, and self-managing development teams. You can avoid creating the bottleneck for architecture decisions when you’re working with all those teams. Andrew will outline the architecture advice process, which enables anyone working in a system to make an architecture decision—but only after talking to the people who have expertise as well as the people who’ll be impacted by the decision.
This is a chance for you to ask Neal and Andrew anything you want about software, architecture, and their own career journeys. They’ll spend a few minutes covering the trends that are influencing architecture, then tell you what you need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- How to craft technical strategy and make sure it's aligned to business needs
- See what’s coming next with software architecture
This live event is for you because...
- You want the chance to ask Neal Ford and Andrew Harmel-Law your questions about software design, extreme programming, and what the future might look like.
- You are currently looking for ways to grow your own skills and to act as an innovator in your organization.
Prerequisites
- Come with your questions for Neal Ford and Andrew Harmel-Law
- Have a pen and paper handy to capture notes, insights, and inspiration
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (book)
- Listen to The Software Architect Elevator (audiobook)
- Read Building Evolutionary Architectures, second edition
- Read Software Architecture Metrics (book)
- Attend Architecture Decision Making by Example (live online course on April 20)
- Attend Software Architecture Superstream: Frontend Architectures (live Superstream on May 31)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
July 13, 2023, at 9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET
- Interactive discussion and Q&A (60 minutes)
Your Hosts and Guests
Neal Ford
Neal Ford is an independent software consultant, best-selling author, speaker, and innovator in building concrete verification mechanisms for software architecture, for humans or agents. He’s an internationally recognized expert on software development and delivery, especially at the intersection of agile engineering techniques and software architecture. Neal has authored magazine articles, nine books (and counting), and dozens of video presentations, and has spoken at hundreds of developers’ conferences worldwide. His topics include software architecture, continuous delivery, functional programming, cutting-edge software engineering, and improving technical presentations. Check out his web site at Nealford.com.
Andrew Harmel-Law
Andrew Harmel-Law is an overenthusiastic tech principal for Thoughtworks, where he specializes in domain-driven design, Java/JVM technologies, Agile delivery, build tools and automation, and organization design. He’s motivated by the efficient delivery of large-scale software solutions, and he understands that people, architecture, process, and tooling all have key roles to play in achieving this. His experience spans the software development lifecycle across many sectors including government, banking, and ecommerce. Andrew also has a passion for open source software and its communities, and he enjoys open-sourcing his code. He’s been involved with OSS as a user, contributor, expert group member, and paid advocate—most notably as one of the Jenkins Job DSL originators. He shares his experiences through consulting, mentoring, writing blog posts, and speaking at and organizing conferences.