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Workshop: "Effective Architecture Sketches"

Track: Training / Time: Thursday 09:00 - 16:00 / Location: Mendes DaCosta Kamer

The code might be the architecture but at some point in time you're going to have to explain how it works, and that's when the whiteboard pens make an appearance. Where do you start though? UML or block diagrams? How much detail should you include? Technology decisions included or omitted?

Agility is about moving fast and this requires good communication, but it's surprising that many teams find it tricky to effectively communicate the architecture of their software. In this tutorial you'll be asked to design a software system and practice communicating your vision through a series of simple yet effective architecture sketches.

Simon Brown, Coding the Architecture

Simon Brown

Biography: Simon Brown

Simon lives in Jersey (Channel Islands) and works as an independent consultant, specialising in software architecture and its role in modern software development teams. Simon regularly speaks at international software development conferences and provides consulting/training to software teams at organisations across Europe, ranging from small startups through to global blue chip companies. He is the author of Software Architecture for Developers, an e-book that is being published incrementally through Leanpub. He still likes to write code too.

Blog: http://www.simonbrown.je
Twitter: @simonbrown