Essential Architectural Thinking – Why, What, How, When and How Much?
summary
Argues architecture exists to minimize cumulative lifetime costs while keeping runtime constraints correct and improving people’s lives, illustrated by a help-system tradeoff (base €100k, €50k per release vs. €1M per training × 2 releases). Introduces a practical 4E model — examine (context, context diagrams, DDD, event storming), explore options, evaluate trade-offs (scenarios, ATAM), execute by enabling stakeholders — and recommends design depth by uncertainty: days for flow, weeks for stable problems, hypothesis-driven small experiments when unknown, with lead-time < two weeks as a rule.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker setup
- 1:31Why we need architecture
- 21:23What is architectural work
- 34:49When and how much to architect
- 44:45Q&A session
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