Sociotechnical Architecture: Aligning Teams and Software for Continuous Delivery

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Argues that aligning software boundaries with team ownership measurably speeds delivery: cross-team work takes an order of magnitude longer, according to industry surveys. Shows concrete patterns and outcomes — a generic integration layer that hit deadlines then killed the product, a centralized email templating service that cut duplicated effort, and an octopus GDPR pattern that centralizes retry complexity and becomes a bottleneck. Recommends event storming, DDD and team fluidity via rotating sub-teams as practical tactics, with real-world tradeoffs and when each fails.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:34Nicks story
3. 2:40They dont want you
4. 5:23When can you start
5. 7:13A defining moment
6. 8:23Continuous discovery delivery
7. 10:44Data
8. 12:00Sociotechnical Systems
9. 12:53Being Value Guided
10. 13:14Autonomous
11. 13:47Boundaries
12. 14:26Example
13. 16:31Autonomy vs Cost Efficiency
14. 16:48Reducing Duplication
15. 17:14Making Decisions
16. 17:27Business Model
17. 17:56Value
18. 18:14Value vs Revenue
19. 18:29Value vs Engagement
20. 18:44Domain Driven
21. 19:47The Supermarket
22. 22:23The Point
23. 22:44The Example
24. 26:29The Proposal Pipeline
25. 26:47Sociotechnical Patterns
26. 28:47Centralized Complexity
27. 29:26Upfront Design
28. 30:17Socially Optimized
29. 31:43The Pink Check
30. 32:12The Feedback Check
31. 32:52Selfish Silo
32. 33:57Politics
33. 34:46Game of Thrones Effect
34. 35:04Adams Talk
35. 35:22Roadmap Changes
36. 36:07Fluidity
37. 36:49Reshaping Patterns
38. 37:04Slice and Merge
39. 37:19Team Fluidity
40. 38:31Fluidity Patterns

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