by Stephen Kuenzli | Jul 10, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Was Digital Transformation a good idea? Many organizations are making fundamental changes to the way their applications are structured and operated. These changes are intended to address real problems. Structurally, monolithic applications can... by Stephen Kuenzli | May 29, 2019 | DevOps, Systems
(Reading Time: 2.5 minutes) I design to avoid waste. Waste in building something: nobody wantscan use effectivelycan afford That is, design is a process that helps maximize the value of systems we create. The design process is also critical to understanding whether we... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | May 23, 2019 | Strategy
I’d like to point out an important thing about Architecture Decisions Records (ADR). An ADR records a decision and the context it was made in. A decision record should not be used to try and capture all of the information relevant to an architecture or design... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | May 21, 2019 | Strategy, Systems
People in Conversation, Alexis Brown Reading Time: 2 minutes Comcast published a detailed description of how they use Architecture ‘Guilds’ to scale investigation, review, and decision making: https://www.infoq.com/articles/architecture-guild-800-friends... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | May 17, 2019 | Systems
Wolfgang Hasselmann, Unsplash Reading time: ~3 minutes It’s the end of the week and a lot of you are probably getting ready to stamp ‘Done’ on some important work. Will you remember why you and your team made important decisions next week? A month... 