Unlock the keys to preventing IT disasters and security breaches with insights from Charles Betts, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester. Charles shares his expertise on the vital role of architecture in modern enterprises, highlighting the crucial need for informed, strategic decision-making. Discover why more companies are rejuvenating their arch…

Paul Price and Grant Ecker, co-founders of the Chief Architect Forum delve deep into the evolving world of architectural leadership. From defining what it means to be a chief architect to exploring the pivotal role of architectural forums in shaping future technology leaders, this discussion is a goldmine for anyone keen on the architectural landsc…

Join forces with me, Paul Preiss, and the visionary program architect Stefano Bianchini, as we navigate the lesser-known seas of orchestrating monumental transformations within sprawling organizations. Unlock the secrets behind the title of a program architect, a role that's often cloaked in mystery, yet pivotal in steering projects that ripple thr…

Have you ever wondered how architecture can be made inclusive, or how artificial intelligence could assist an architect? Prepare to have your curiosity satiated as we chat with the esteemed Simon Field from RDoC, who leaves no stone unturned in the realm of architecture. He takes us on an intriguing journey through the SARM system, his association …

In this interview we dig into business and technology and the amazing work that Brian Cameron is doing at Penn State between the business and information technology schools to create a comprehensive framework for architecture. Building on his successes with FEAPO and the masters in architecture curriculum, Brian is forging new roads into both busin…

Marc Lankhorst as a leader in architecture tools is an an expert on his customer needs. This episode of The Argument was filled with useful discussions about the future of Bizzdesign and the techniques finding the most success with architecture teams. Wonderfully detailed conversations on business capabilities, services, processes and how they rela…

Digging into engineering and architecture again with Stephen Cohen, Chief Architect and CITA-D. Had a great conversation about the nature of engineering vs architecture including design, teams, scope management and communication.Por Iasa Global

Had another amazing interview with a top-tier architect from Microsoft. In this episode we focus on the nature of Cloud Native applications in both socio-technical and transactional systems. The interview covers topics in Cloud, Mult-cloud, Strategy, Quality Attributes and engineering principles. This is part 1 of a two part series.…

Customer engagement is one of the most important aspects of our current methods for understanding value in digital innovation and advantage. In this episode, we discuss what customer engagement means and how to get into your customer's heads using empathy and personas.Por Iasa Global

How do we know architects are architects? Why does the industry continue to have such collisions in definitions, direction, and roles if architecture is so important to continual outcomes? This two-part continuation of the architecture mashup series provides insight into a murky topic area in search of answers. Architect Tomorrow - https://youtube.…

How do we know architects are architects? Why does the industry continue to have such collisions in definitions, direction, and roles if architecture is so important to continual outcomes? This two-part continuation of the architecture mashup series provides insight into a murky topic area in search of answers. Architect Tomorrow - https://youtube.…

I had the honor of talking with Len Bass in this episode of the Argument. Leonard Joel Bass is an American software engineer, Emeritus professor and former researcher at the Software Engineering Institute, particularly known for his contributions on software architecture in practice. His most famous title is a book almost all architects have read S…

In this interview I met with Simon Brown, international speaker and trainer and author. Simon is the author of Software Architecture for Developers; a developer-friendly guide to software architecture, technical leadership and the balance with agility. He is also the creator of the C4 software architecture model and the founder of Structurizr, a co…

I had a great time discussing Domain Driven Design and Architecture in Agile. We found a huge amount of commonality with solution principles and business value while diving deeper on bounding contexts, capabilities and strategy. Nick is an amazing writer, speaker and author and writes regularly on medium at https://medium.com/nick-tune-tech-strateg…

In this version of the Argument we get into Agility, agile delivery, and agile architecture at scale. Scott Ambler is the co-founder of Disciplined Agile (DA), which was acquired by Project Management Institute (PMI) in August 2019. The DA tool kit is the world’s only comprehensive agile body of knowledge (BOK) that provides straightforward and pra…

The software or solution architect often comes from an engineering background. In this episode Cormac Keogh and Paul Preiss speak about the relationship between engineers. In a true argument the case of engineers, teams and architects. Can or should an engineer be the architect for a product/project? The team? Is there a difference between a titled…

This is a bit of a rough episode where the group committee is discussing the architecture of tomorrow for our upcoming BIL-T conference on Nov 11. “They say the best way to predict the future, is to create it.” The theme for our 11th of November event is The Architecture of Tomorrow. We have many hints at what the future will look like, but what wi…

In this episode I got to get into some really exciting discussions with two leaders in architecture transformation and leadership. This was an off the cuff discussion of how to create a true business impacting architecture practice, how to become a transformational chief architect and how to help organizations manage change in a dynamic business en…

I have been fortunate enough to know Grady Booch for almost 20 years and I have always remained a fan. Without his advice Im not sure how far Iasa would have come. This interview was as great a conversation as always. In it we cover a lot of territory. We start out with understanding architecture, software and engineering. And in a very candid way …

I have been fortunate enough to know Grady Booch for almost 20 years and I have always remained a fan. Without his advice Im not sure how far Iasa would have come. This interview was as great a conversation as always. In it we cover a lot of territory. We start out with understanding architecture, software and engineering. And in a very candid way …

In this episode Gabriel Gomane covers agile scaling with just in time architecture. He covers large corporate environments and the difficulties in making agile and architecture work together.Por Iasa Global

In this episode I caught up with Ted Neward, an old friend and the first speaker at an Iasa conference many many years ago! We discuss agility and architecture as well as dig into what makes effective engineering teams, devops and much more. Ted Neward is sometimes referred to as "The Dude of Software", owing to both his remarkable (some say fright…

In this episode I caught up with Ted Neward, an old friend and the first speaker at an Iasa conference many many years ago! We discuss agility and architecture as well as dig into what makes effective engineering teams, devops and much more. Ted Neward is sometimes referred to as "The Dude of Software", owing to both his remarkable (some say fright…

Grant Ecker is chief architect at WBA (Walgreens Boots Alliance). With a practice of nearly 200 architects Grant faces challenges everyday on keeping the work going and keeping the team providing value. In this interview we get to dig into techniques in scaling agility, evaluating new technologies, providing mentoring, connecting emotional intellig…

The combined pressures of Digital Transformation, Agility @ Scale and advances in AI, DevOps, IoT are creating a rapid rate of change for customers and employees. This conversation with Michael Sioufas from McKinsey and Gordon Cooper from MEGA, who will join Paul Preiss, Iasa’s Founder, will evaluate the impact of these changes to enterprise, busin…

I had the distinct honor of talking with two of the worlds thought leaders in Software Architecture about their book - Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach. We also get a sneak peek at their next book, Software Architecture - The Hard Parts. It was an amazing interview and these two have some of the best ideas in patterns,…

Paul Preiss, CEO & Founder of IASA Global interviews Gunnar, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer for Capgemini Europe. Paul Preiss will do two short interviews with Gunnar on: - The evolving role of Solution Architect in the post-Covid era. - Agile Enterprise Architecture; Myth or reality? Paul and Gunnar will discuss the paradigm shift in busi…

I had the pleasure of sitting down to speak with Mark Richards, author, trainer, coder and software solution architect. We discuss everything from agile architecture methods, modern software architecture patterns to business value and technical debt.Por Iasa Global