Last week I was over at the first-ever Fast Flow conference in London for a day of presentations and activities with those who would probably… Read More »Team Topologies and The Human Touch at Fast Flow Conference, London 2023
Software is innately abstract. Visualisation and description are sometimes useful to communicate individual pieces, but as a whole, the interactions are often too complex and… Read More »How To Identify a Killer Product Organisation
You’ve started working on a new project. Your job is to lead your team through the challenges that you find. You must improve the reliability,… Read More »How to Avoid the Organisational Big Ball of Mud
So much of what we do as technical leaders is about interaction. Managing smart people is incredibly rewarding, but navigating the sea of opinions can… Read More »People Patterns and Learning How to Say No, Nicely
In a recent podcast episode, Nico Krijnen and I talked about requirements analysis, especially the use of diagrams – particularly context diagrams and DDD context… Read More »How to Visualise Your Systems
It is human nature to want to excel at our chosen profession. When given the opportunity, many of us are tempted to show our expertise… Read More »How to Write Good Requirements
Do you hate legacy or do you love it? Do you accept it or do you want to stamp it out? This time I talk… Read More »Podcast: Avoiding Legacy? DDD, Collaborative Architecture and Product Thinking with Nico Krijnen
Ten or more years ago, the IT world was in the grip of the big data hype cycle. Then we were told that unstructured data… Read More »Are Relational Databases still important in the Age of NoSQL?
The expert gets up on the stage. His t-shirt is large and tight over his round belly, tucked into the top of his jeans. His… Read More »How to be a Happy Engineer
In this episode I talk about how we make change successful. Because we are bombarded with the need for business change – this means systems… Read More »Lovin’ Legacy Podcast: The Business of Legacy – Making Software Change Successful