Democratic Architecture
Stefan Priebsch | Software Success Consultant | Author | Speaker | CEO thePHP.cc
Subsidiarity
“A maxim that strives for the greatest possible self-determination and personal responsibility of the individual, the family or the community, as far as this is possible and sensible.”
Tasks should be handled by the smallest level that is capable of doing them well.
Subsidiarity does not mean everyone must participate in everything.
What is Software Architecture?
What drives Software Architecture?
Quality Goals
aka ilities
Usability
Security
Availability
Scalability
Maintainability
Compatibility
Compliance
Performance
Quality goals must be measurable
Usability
Security
Availability
Scalability
Maintainability
Compatibility
Compliance
Performance
Solution vs. Problem
Lack of common understanding
Which problem are we trying to solve?
How can we build trust?
Boring technology
Working software
Short iterations
Deliver value,
not code
Value - for whom?
Developer
Business
User
Customer
Business value?
Question for Architects
At which level?
What level has which responsibilities?
At Each Level
- What are the goals?
- What are the constraints?
- What language is spoken?
Bridging Levels
- How big the distance?
- How to translate?
- How much detail?
Stefan Priebsch
Software Success Consultant
I help to
- empower teams through subsidiarity
- clarify roles, responsibilities
and language across architectural levels - shift from code-centric to value-centric thinking
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