Every system has an architecture, whether accidental or intentional, and regardless of whether it was put in place by a nominated architect or whether it emerged from the decisions and discussions of a team. All too often the focus of what is often described as architecture is centred around a specific set of platform technologies, which forms only one part of the set of concerns an architecture should. And all too often architecture is seen as a separate concern from the development process, whereas the two are intertwined — what you build is influenced by how you build it, and vice versa.
The two-day Architecture with Agility workshop looks at the relationship between agile processes and sustainable architecture, taking in agile and lean thinking, organisational structure, good architectural qualities and addressing the legacy of the past with future change.
Kevlin Henney is an independent consultant, speaker, writer and trainer. His development interests are in programming, practice and people. He has been a columnist for a number of magazines and sites, has contributed to both open- and closed-source software (sometimes unintentionally), and has been on far too many committees (it has been said that "a committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas...