What’s New in Software Architecture: The Architecture Advice Process with Andrew Harmel-Law
Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Ask Neal Ford and Andrew Harmel-Law your questions around architectural decisions and how generative AI can apply
Join Neal Ford and Andrew Harmel-Law for a discussion about the architecture advice process: a faster, decentralized way to communicate architectural decisions. With the increased influence of generative AI, architectures and architecture practices need to change now more than ever. This event is for software architects.
What’s New in Software Architecture gives you a chance to explore trending topics in software architecture and to ask Neal and Andrew anything you want about software architecture and their own career journeys. We’ll spend a few minutes covering the trends that are influencing software architecture and then tell you what you need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- What the architecture advice process is and how you can use it to deliver software architectures that evolve fluidly and responsively
- How the advice process can enable architects and development teams to collaborate effectively and efficiently on the architectures of their systems
- Understand the new dynamics that affect modern software delivery and how to take advantage of them to optimize for fast flow and continuous feedback
This live event is for you because...
- You want the chance to ask Neal Ford and Andrew Harmel-Law your questions around architectural decisions and how generative AI can apply.
Prerequisites
- Come with your questions for Andrew Harmel-Law
- Have a pen and paper handy to capture notes, insights, and inspiration
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Facilitating Software Architecture (early release book)
- Read “Appendix B: Architecture Decision Record References,” from Software Architecture: The Hard Parts (book)
- Take Architecture Decision Making by Example (live course with Andrew Harmel-Law)
- Take Learning Systems Thinking (live course with Diana Montalion)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 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
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.