Eltjo’s Digital Architecture Blog

Fifteen years ago, we presented the first paper on Risk- and Cost-Driven Architecture (RCDA, now also known as Responsive, Collaborative Digital Architecture) at the WICSA 2011 conference.

Once upon a time, there was a lead developer called Annabel.

According to the agile manifesto, the best architectures emerge from self-organizing teams.

Last month, I was asked to give a second opinion on some key architectural decisions and the way they were working out in a client’s IT landscape.

Eltjo Poort, IEEE Software, vol. 37, no. 01, pp. 92-97, 2020.

Over the past 18 months, we have been iteratively developing a way to assess maturity with respect to architecture in an agile context.

Keep your eyes open for a great new book on technical debt management by Philippe Kruchten, Ipek Ozkaya and Rod Nord.

“[We value] working software over comprehensive documentation” features proudly on the front page of the Agile Manifesto.

Four years ago, Facebook changed its famous motto “Move fast and break things” to “Move fast with stable infra” (not quite as catchy?).

A few years back, I discussed the business case for reducing technical debt, and the importance of accounting for the risk exposure in that business case.