In this episode Gabriel Gomane covers agile scaling with just in time architecture. He covers large corporate environments and the difficulties in making agile and architecture work together. 

In this episode I caught up with Ted Neward, an old friend and the first speaker at an Iasa conference many many years ago! We discuss agility and architecture as well as dig into what makes effective engineering teams, devops and much more.

Ted Neward is sometimes referred to as "The Dude of Software", owing to both his remarkable (some say frightening) resemblance to the Jeff Bridges character from "The Big Lebowski", and his ordination as a Dudeist Minister of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, but he's also been called the "Dr. Gregory House of Software", owing to his tendency to pull no punches when talking about software and how to deliver it successfully. He's comfortable answering to either title, as well as a few others. He's familiar with more programming languages than most people knew existed, and hasn't found one yet that he couldn't turn into a 'mission-critical' application when asked. He is currently the director of technology at Quicken Loans. 

In this episode I caught up with Ted Neward, an old friend and the first speaker at an Iasa conference many many years ago! We discuss agility and architecture as well as dig into what makes effective engineering teams, devops and much more.


Ted Neward is sometimes referred to as "The Dude of Software", owing to both his remarkable (some say frightening) resemblance to the Jeff Bridges character from "The Big Lebowski", and his ordination as a Dudeist Minister of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, but he's also been called the "Dr. Gregory House of Software", owing to his tendency to pull no punches when talking about software and how to deliver it successfully. He's comfortable answering to either title, as well as a few others. He's familiar with more programming languages than most people knew existed, and hasn't found one yet that he couldn't turn into a 'mission-critical' application when asked. He is currently the director of technology at Quicken Loans.

Grant Ecker is chief architect at WBA (Walgreens Boots Alliance). With a practice of nearly 200 architects Grant faces challenges everyday on keeping the work going and keeping the team providing value. In this interview we get to dig into techniques in scaling agility, evaluating new technologies, providing mentoring, connecting emotional intelligence with delivery and true customer driven excellence. It was a real honor and privilege to have this discussion. In addition to all of that Grant describes his vision for the Chief Architect Forum, a group of architects leading large teams and delivering on emergent design, strategic execution and value creation across the board. You definitely don't want to miss this conversation. 

The combined pressures of Digital Transformation, Agility @ Scale and advances in AI, DevOps, IoT are creating a rapid rate of change for customers and employees. This conversation with Michael Sioufas from McKinsey and Gordon Cooper from MEGA, who will join Paul Preiss, Iasa’s Founder, will evaluate the impact of these changes to enterprise, business, and solution architecture now and in the future. Architects are finding themselves in increasing demand and Iasa and MEGA are working together to help them understand the evolving nature of their roles as they move forward.

The panel will take a look in detail at the following topics you won't want to miss:
• What does modern EA look like and how has it changed over the last decade?
• What methods and techniques are in play to scale agile architecture at the enterprise level?
• How does a customer/employee centric culture impact enterprise architecture?
• How are today’s EAs working with solution, business, infrastructure, and cloud architects?
• How has digital transformation and Covid-19 changed the practice and what should we be focused on in the next 6-12 months?
• What technologies and patterns are at the forefront of innovation in the modern enterprise?

I had the distinct honor of talking with two of the worlds thought leaders in Software Architecture about their book - Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. We also get a sneak peek at their next book, Software Architecture - The Hard Parts. It was an amazing interview and these two have some of the best ideas in patterns, problem shaping and solution design in the market today. 

Paul Preiss, CEO & Founder of IASA Global interviews Gunnar, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for Capgemini Europe.

Paul Preiss will do two short interviews with Gunnar on:
- The evolving role of Solution Architect in the post-Covid era.
- Agile Enterprise Architecture; Myth or reality?

Paul and Gunnar will discuss the paradigm shift in business expectations and models due to Covid-19 and how the role of a Solution Architect needs to change in the post-Covid-19 era.

They will also discuss how everything is accelerating. Gone are the days where we spend weeks on developing EA artifacts. Today, Architecture has to contribute towards the solution lifecycle in an agile and speedy way, creating and delivering “just enough architecture”. But what do we mean by “just enough”?

I had the pleasure of sitting down to speak with Mark Richards, author, trainer, coder and software solution architect. We discuss everything from agile architecture methods, modern software architecture patterns to business value and technical debt.