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Stefan Tilkov
November 28, 2019
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Software Architecture for Agile Enterprises
How Organization, Processes and Humans Can Evolve Together
Stefan Tilkov
November 28, 2019
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Software Architecture for Agile Enterprises Digitale Leute Summit 2019 Stefan
Tilkov, @stilkov stefan.tilkov@innoq.com Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay
www.innoq.com OFFICES Monheim Berlin Offenbach Munich Hamburg Zurich FACTS ~150
employees Privately owned Vendor-independent SERVICES Strategy & technology consulting Digital business models Software architecture & development Digital platforms & infrastructures Knowledge transfer, coaching & trainings CLIENTS Finance Telecommunications Logistics E-commerce Fortune 500 SMBs Startups
Modularization Autonomy End-to-end responsibility
Modularization Autonomy End-to-end responsibility
@stilkov Awesome Shop CMS Archive General Ledger Print Shop HR
@stilkov Awesome Shop CMS Archive General Ledger Print Shop HR
Context
@stilkov Awesome Shop CMS Archive General Ledger Print Shop HR
Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov Awesome Shop CMS Archive General Ledger Print Shop HR
Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search Domain Architecture
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov
@stilkov Macro Architecture
@stilkov Ruby on Rails MySQL Java Spring Boot OSS Product
COTS Java Spring Boot NodeJS ElasticSearch
@stilkov Ruby on Rails MySQL Java Spring Boot OSS Product
COTS Java Spring Boot NodeJS ElasticSearch Micro Architecture
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov Coming up with the “right” system boundaries is an
architecture activity that must be done first
@stilkov Managing dependencies is the most important ongoing architecture task
@stilkov You cannot decide to not have an architecture; if
you don’t actively create it, be prepared to deal with the one that emerges
number of developers strength of decoupling methods modules components
μservices systems
From a layered system … System Logic Data UI Module
Module Module
… to a system of systems System System System Logic
Data UI Logic Data UI Logic Data UI
Pattern: Evolutionary Architecture @stilkov
Modularization Autonomy End-to-end responsibility
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search
@stilkov Invoicing Accounting Auth Catalog Checkout & Order Search Team
Architecture?
@stilkov Conway’s Law: Organization → Architecture “Organizations which design systems
are constrained to produce systems which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.” – M.E. Conway
@stilkov If your goal is to support autonomous teams, architecture
is an essential ingredient
@stilkov Size is the #1 enemy of agility. Keep your
systems as small as you can.
@stilkov Extremely loose coupling requires very few rules, but they
need to be enforced strictly
Pattern: Regulated Market @stilkov
Modularization Autonomy End-to-end responsibility
@stilkov Pattern: Autonomous Cells Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Biz Dev Ops
Biz Dev Ops Biz Dev Ops
@stilkov Pattern: Autonomous Cells Stakeholder Stakeholder Stakeholder Biz Dev Ops
Biz Dev Ops Biz Dev Ops
@stilkov Not every person has to become a full-stack developer,
but every team should be a full-stack team
Recommendations
@stilkov 1. Time to market requires supporting architecture
2. Establish autonomous teams as key ingredient
@stilkov 3. Create evolvable structures
www.innoq.com innoQ Deutschland GmbH Krischerstr. 100 40789 Monheim am Rhein
Germany +49 2173 3366-0 Ohlauer Str. 43 10999 Berlin Germany +49 2173 3366-0 Ludwigstr. 180E 63067 Offenbach Germany +49 2173 3366-0 Kreuzstr. 16 80331 München Germany +49 2173 3366-0 innoQ Schweiz GmbH Gewerbestr. 11 CH-6330 Cham Switzerland +41 41 743 0116 Thank you! Stefan Tilkov @stilkov stefan.tilkov@innoq.com +49 170 471 2625