The workshop is aimed at software developers and architects, and is a guide to modern software architecture that's pragmatic rather than academic, and lightweight rather than "enterprisey".

What you'll learn

• An introduction to what software architecture is.
• The importance of software architecture
• Architectural drivers
  • Requirements
  • Quality attributes
  • Constraints
  • Principles
  • Agility
• A definition of the software architecture role
  • Technical leadership and the different leadership styles
  • Technical skills
  • Soft skills
  • Software architecture and coding
• How to visualise software architecture
  • Diagramming anti-patterns and typical problems
  • The "model-code gap"
• C4 model core diagrams
  • Abstractions and creating a shared vocabulary with a ubiquitous language
  • An overview of the C4 model
  • Notation and tips for better diagrams
  • System Context diagrams
  • Container diagrams
  • Component diagrams
• C4 model - supplementary diagrams
  • C4 and UML
  • System Landscape diagrams
  • Dynamic diagrams
  • Deployment diagrams
• Documenting software architecture
  • The importance of documentation
• Software architecture in the delivery process
  • Quantifying and prioritising risk
  • Identifying risk with risk-storming
  • The conflict between architure and agile
  • Approaching software architecture in a pragmatic, lightweight way
  • How much up front design is enough?

About Simon Brown

Simon is an independent consultant specializing in software architecture, and the author of Software Architecture for Developers (a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility).

He’s also the creator of the C4 software architecture model and the founder of Structurizr, which is a collection of open source and commercial tooling to help software teams visualise, document and explore their software architecture.