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How the bias towards additive can lead us to a suboptimal and costly software design

In their research Gabrielle Adams and her collaborators explore what they call the 'additive bias' – our natural tendency to solve problems by adding elements, rather than considering the removal of...

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Resilient Bounded Contexts: A Pragmatic Approach with Residuality Theory

Domain-Driven Design (DDD) provides a valuable framework for addressing complex business problems through well-designed domain models integrated into software systems. Central to this approach is...

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Coach your Architects in Agile Architecture!

When companies transform towards an agile and DevOps way of working, they sometimes ask how to proceed with architects. Some companies ignore architects in their transformation, some will upskill...

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Remote collaborative modelling part 1: Check-in

Nov 11, 2020

Collaborative modelling is not only an essential practice in Domain-Driven Design for creating a shared understanding of the domain. I believe it is...

EventStorming; Core concepts, glossary and legend

Jul 16, 2020

Recently on Twitter Chris Richardson asked if anyone has created a consistent and comprehensive glossary for EventStorming core concepts....

Making the most out of remote EventStorming

Mar 19, 2020

A while back the virtual Domain-driven design meetup experimented with doing a remote EventStorming. The outcome was that doing...

Extending the Bounded Context Canvas with BDD Examples

Mar 9, 2020

Ever since Nick Tune introduced the world to the Bounded Context Canvas, I incorporate it in my workshops and trainings. Nick...

From EventStorming to CoDDDing

Oct 29, 2019

We live in a world of constant change. Today we generate more data than we can consume, and it contributes to the constant...

EventStorming cheat sheet

Jul 29, 2019

EventStorming is the smartest approach to collaborate beyond silo boundaries. The power of EventStorming comes from a diverse...

Cultural needs designing bounded contexts

Jul 16, 2019

Without a doubt, the bounded context pattern from Eric Evans book domain-driven design is one of the more essential patterns for...

Towards Autonomous Aligned Teams with Domain-Driven Design

Jul 11, 2019

I’ve been involved in several transformations over the years, from DevOps to Digital to Agile. These transformations typically...

EventStorming tools, what is in my flight case!

May 8, 2019

Whenever I give or facilitate an EventStorming training or workshop people always ask me, what is inside your suitcase? What are...

A quest in finding the perfect EventStorming backpack

Apr 30, 2019

Over recent years, a tool called EventStorming became one of the go-to techniques for Domain-Driven Design consultants to...

Visualise coupling between contexts in Big Picture EventStorming

Mar 29, 2019

A Big Picture EventStorming is a type of EventStorming where you get business and IT from an organisation into one room to...

Heuristics on approaching Example Mapping

Mar 22, 2019

While Bruno Boucard, Thomas Pierrain, and I were preparing our DDDEurope 2019 workshop, we discussed how to...

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