Intentional Architecture @ FlowCon 2024

Our software craft is constantly changing. Technology evolves, and our skills and practices develop as well. How about the teams we are part of? And the organizations? The evolution at the team and organization level is slower but has the potential to be more disruptive. Our brain likes routine, and it is hardwired that way. However, everything around us evolves, and we face many unknowns.

How do all of those dimensions play together? How can we thrive in our craft? Traditionally, architects had the software system in their heads, but today, it is impossible. There is cognitive overload, and it is not compatible with an environment where things are in constant flux. As people in tech, we should also be aware of the implications of technology changes in the teams and the organization. We work in sociotechnical systems, and we create sociotechnical systems. It sounds like the movie Inception.

If you are intrigued, join me in this talk, where I will explore some key concepts and what skills we can master to create an environment where everyone can thrive!

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1. Intentional Architecture FlowCon 2024 - Paris, France 7th of March 2024
2. Follow me on social João Rosa Independent consultant Supporting organizations bridging their strategy to execution, to create human-centric organizations Book a call https://joaorosa.consulting/book-a-meeting in/joaoasrosa @joaorosa@mastodon.social @joaorosa.consulting @joaoasrosa
3. Photo by emmapatsie on Flickr
4. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash
5. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash The effect of time in a sociotechnical system
6. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash Why systems thinking is crucial
7. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash What do we gain by diffusing learning
8. in/joaoasrosa The effect of time in a sociotechnical system
9. in/joaoasrosa Who is old enough to work before the GDPR?
10. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team
11. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR
12. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration
13. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Insight: doesn’t handle Personal Identifiable Information Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration
15. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration
16. in/joaoasrosa GDPR use case Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team Compliance and regulation platform Customer account platform XaaS * * XaaS
17. in/joaoasrosa Who did work on the financial regulation side (central banks and/or tax authorities)?
18. in/joaoasrosa Financial regulation use case FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream
20. in/joaoasrosa Financial regulation use case Crypto FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream
21. in/joaoasrosa Financial regulation use case Crypto FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream
22. in/joaoasrosa Financial regulation use case FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream Crypto regulation team Collaboration
23. in/joaoasrosa Financial regulation use case FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream Crypto stream Solvency II stream … stream
24. in/joaoasrosa In summary… Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team Compliance and regulation platform Customer account platform X a a S * * X a a S FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream Crypto regulation team Collaboration FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream Crypto stream Solvency II stream … stream
25. in/joaoasrosa In summary… Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team GDPR team Collaboration Store front team Flow of change Finance and accounting team Product restocking team Compliance and regulation platform Customer account platform X a a S * * X a a S FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream … stream Solvency II stream Crypto regulation team Collaboration FATCA stream Flow of change AEIO stream Crypto stream Solvency II stream … stream Changes like these ones takes weeks, if not months…
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27. “ in/joaoasrosa All architecture is design but not all design is architecture. Architecture represents the significant design decisions that shape a system, where significant is measured by cost of change. Grady Booch
28. in/joaoasrosa Jabe Bloom Ben Mosior
29. in/joaoasrosa Jabe Bloom Ben Mosior
30. in/joaoasrosa Jabe Bloom Ben Mosior
31. in/joaoasrosa Jabe Bloom Ben Mosior
32. in/joaoasrosa Learning: understand the time and system scope of the challenge ahed
33. in/joaoasrosa Learning: design decisions can add or remove optionality
34. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: who is responsible for the new change?
35. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: what can you learn from your past design decisions, if you use the time span scopes?
36. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: how can we learn from the environment?
37. in/joaoasrosa Why systems thinking is crucial
38. in/joaoasrosa What is systems thinking?
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40. in/joaoasrosa What type of a system is the previous one?
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44. in/joaoasrosa How does an organization delivers value?
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48. in/joaoasrosa Let’s explore one use case, how HR and Internal IT can interact to solve challenges
49. in/joaoasrosa Use case: HR and Internal IT Flow of change Stream-aligned team Internal IT platform Stream-aligned team HR platform Recruitment team Talent management team … team Internal software team Accounts team … team XaaS
50. in/joaoasrosa What happens if HR wants a new Learning & Development platform?
51. in/joaoasrosa Use case: HR and Internal IT Flow of change Stream-aligned team Internal IT platform Stream-aligned team HR platform Recruitment team Talent management team … team Internal software team Accounts team … team XaaS Collaboration
52. in/joaoasrosa Let’s turn things around…
53. in/joaoasrosa Use case: Internal IT and HR Flow of change Stream-aligned team Stream-aligned team HR platform Recruitment team Talent management team … team Internal IT platform Internal software team Accounts team … team XaaS
54. in/joaoasrosa What happens if the Internal IT platform needs different learning content in the L&D platform?
55. in/joaoasrosa Use case: Internal IT and HR Flow of change Stream-aligned team Stream-aligned team HR platform Recruitment team Talent management team … team Internal IT platform Internal software team Accounts team … team XaaS Collaboration
56. in/joaoasrosa Question to you: how does the previous example affect the environment?
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59. in/joaoasrosa Learning: have a open systems thinking to increase the intentionality
60. in/joaoasrosa Learning: be explicit in how you represent the view of the system
61. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: can you and colleagues solve challenges?
62. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: what would it take for your company to be a hierarchy of functions?
63. in/joaoasrosa What do we gain by diffusing learning
64. Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
65. in/joaoasrosa Why did data emerged in the IT industry?
66. in/joaoasrosa As a industry, we are not learning!
67. in/joaoasrosa Domain-Driven Design Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software Eric Evans
68. Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash
69. Photo by Waldemar on Unsplash
70. @in/joaoasrosa in/joaoasrosa Data Mesh Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale Zhamak Dehghani
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74. in/joaoasrosa Learning: enabling structures to diffuse learnings
75. in/joaoasrosa Learning: observe and collect the patterns that others use to solve problems
76. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: what are your sources of inspiration?
77. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: what can you learn from a function different from yours?
78. in/joaoasrosa Question to take home: what patterns do you want to share with others?
79. Photo by Adi Goldstein on Unsplash
80. in/joaoasrosa What skills are needed to thrive in a turbulent world?
81. Photo by Randy Fath on Unsplash Understand that decisions are not context free.
82. Photo by Arno Smit on Unsplash When applying systems thinking, remember that people are purposeful.
83. Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Understand the different time scopes and system scopes.
84. Photo by Federico Beccari on Unsplash Learnings diffuse when there is guidance, and not imposition.
85. Follow me on social João Rosa Independent consultant Supporting organizations bridging their strategy to execution, to create human-centric organizations Book a call https://joaorosa.consulting/book-a-meeting in/joaoasrosa @joaorosa@mastodon.social @joaorosa.consulting @joaoasrosa