Software Architecture - but Agile
Experience in this seminar how agile principles and ideas can be transferred to architecture work, and how architecture practices can be sensibly and efficiently anchored in agile processes.Agenda
Between hype, cargo cult and pragmatic innovation
Architecture & Agility
Methodical principles of architecture work for an agile world
The Architecture Vision
The counter-model to Big Upfront Design (BUFD)
Risk-Oriented Approach
Iterative architecture design and prioritization ideas
Architecture in the Backlog
Anchoring architecture drivers in epics and stories
Qualitative Tests
Checking and testing qualitative system properties
Architecture Debt
Addressing technical debt at the architecture level
Architecture Principles
Unifying perspectives without constraining responsibility
Group Decisions
Models for efficient, shared consensus-building
The Agile Architect
Modern role models for the architect
Governance 2.0
Agile scaling and architecture
Evolutionary Architecture
Agile evolution of systems and system landscapes
Your Benefit
This seminar has a very practical character and makes methods, practical techniques and helpful perspectives tangible. Overall, the picture emerges of an architecture discipline oriented towards influences from Lean, that embeds well into agile projects, fosters goal-orientation, and prizes pragmatism.
Target Audience
This workshop is primarily aimed at developers and architects who want to anchor effective architecture work in agile teams and larger initiatives. Technical project leads and Product Owners will also find valuable ideas. Practical experience in designing and developing systems, as well as an agile context in your own environment, are an advantage.
iSAQB Accredited
In our seminar, we implement the learning goals of the iSAQB curriculum AGILA in a modern, hands-on and interactive way. On your way to becoming a Certified Professional for Software Architecture (CPSA) Advanced, you receive 20 methodological and 10 communicative Credit Points.
Our Extras for You
All exercise results and theoretical content shown are made available to participants electronically afterwards.
Official Certificate of Participation
In this seminar, participants are awarded 20 methodological and 10 communicative Credit Points for the iSAQB® CPSA-Advanced Level with a perpetually valid iSAQB® certificate.
Additionally ...
This seminar is based on the book „Vorgehensmuster für Softwarearchitektur: Kombinierbare Praktiken in Zeiten von Agile und Lean“ (German, Hanser Verlag, 2025) by your trainer Stefan Toth. The book is included in the seminar price for every participant (hardcover edition and eBook).
