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Software Architecture Hour: The Architecture Advice Process with Andrew Harmel-Law

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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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

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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 a director, software architect, and meme wrangler at Thoughtworks, a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals who think disruptively to deliver technology to address the toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change. He’s an internationally recognized expert on software development and delivery, especially in the intersection of Agile engineering techniques and software architecture. Neal’s authored several books, a number of magazine articles, and dozens of video presentations (including a video on improving technical presentations) and spoken at hundreds of developer conferences worldwide. His topics of interest include software architecture, continuous delivery, functional programming, and cutting-edge software innovations. Check out his website, Nealford.com

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  • 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.

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