Tag: Architecture
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Technical Debt Is Not Debt; It’s Not Even Technical
Co-authored with Dr Paidi O’Raghallaigh and Dr Stephen McCarthy at Cork University Business School as part of my PhD studies, and originally published by Cutter Consortium’s Business Agility & Software Engineering Excellence practice on 22nd of July 2021 HackerNews link Take a minute and write an answer to the question, “What is technical debt?” Then…
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Buffet-Style Architecture
To get the architecture of the business right, a company must reorganise itself around empowered teams that can operate at speed. For architecture truly to be a pivotal piece of the business transformation puzzle, it must leave the old workhorses of the past behind and move to modern transportation. Indeed, architecture must refocus on three…
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How Technology Architects make decisions
Or why you might spend a fortune on a red car Chinese translation available here The remarkable Herbert Simon won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 and the Turing Medal in 1975. Reading about his life gives me a panic attack when I consider how little I have achieved in comparison. He published ‘Administrative…
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Slides and links from the IASA BIL-T Conference
I am delighted to speak at the IASA BIL-T Conference (you can still register here), particularly given my earlier post about how we can make the best of the Covid Situation. Please drop me a line here or on Twitter of LinkedIn if you’d like to discuss, well, anything really. Please thank a healthcare worker…
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Rapid Change Reading List
Thank you to everybody who attended my talk at AtlanTec Virtual Festival of Technology. Particular thanks to the organising committee for putting on such a fantastic Virtual event. It was a great pleasure to talk about Rapid Change, a subject I am passionate about. There were a few requests for the reading list, so I’ve included the links…
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I’m speaking at the wonderful Atlantec Virtual Festival of Technology on Friday the 22nd of May
There is a wonderful Technology Event based in Galway called Atlantec. This festival of technology has been hugely successfully since 2015. Despite their impressive track record, they asked me to speak in person this year. Unfortunately, with the current Covid situation, the in person event is cancelled. Undeterred, the hosts have reacted positively and created…
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The most underrated skill in technology discussed. Video interview on Architecture at Workhuman
I recently did a video interview with Silicon Republic. I describe life at Workhuman and explain what running Architecture here means. I discuss careers and how important challenges are. Challenges help you find where your boundaries lie. Pushing past your boundaries shows how far you can go. You may have more ability than you think,…
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What we Can Do during this uncertain time
This is an unprecedented time in life. It feels like the usual world has paused. I was working in Florida last week when the seriousness of Covid19 hit me. Texts, email, media posts from everywhere came flooding in. Somebody told me that the US were stopping all flights to Europe. I froze when I heard…
Mark Greville 