Saturday Architecture

In the next 3-6 months what should an architect focus on? Listen to some insights form Deepak.

I hear a lot of peers telling us we have to do this in person. Managers want their reportees in front of them. All meetings should be in person even in large multinationals this behavior expected. It is high time we moved away from these ancient inefficient practices. Here is an attempt. Let us know if this does work for you.

Developers/Architects cant meet business deadlines and always lagging behind. Time is needed to build. But why not buy? Why the resistance to buy and use already built components?   How does a leader guide the to buy and or avoid spending precious time developing(build) software?    Save time / get to market quickly.    Is there a good rule of thumb? Yes, hear it from Deepak towards the end of this short discussion.

What will be a key area of a CTO for 2020?  How can an architect make learning a culture in a team within 10 min? Wait towards the end of this discussion

Every New Year different resolutons are made. Here we attempted to make some resolutions as Architects.   Kumaran - To work towards making architecture increase adoption Nitho - Making architecture improve collaboration  Deepak - Making architecture in context with local culture   For details check the video below. Slightly long but will be worth your time.

Being a technical leader delivering "business value" is tough. Justifying technology investments to customers.  Questions 1. Where do I start?  2. How does stability affect it? 3. What is the problem with using roadmaps? 4. Why is "Intention" a key component of roadmap? 5. It is harder to deliver with stable ( old ) teams..why?

How to deliver 44x digital benefits? How to identify that opportunity? Digital is 200 years old. So how to deliver something so transformational?   Listen to some stories from the field.

Can the concept of using chaos monkey be used to build anti-fragile systems? Inspired by Netflix we explore the options here.

Can things become stronger by breaking them? Even more is it possible in software?

Do you see this as an example of anti-fragility in software? Let me know. An experience from

Contextual blind spots create unforeseen challenges. I have ended up in "Operation success .. patient dead" scenarios.