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software architecture

Software architecture — The Hardest parts, and how to live with them

I recently read the book “Software Architecture — the Hard Parts”. In this three-part series of articles, you have my top 4 list of the hardest parts and six patterns that I’ve found useful. In this part I'll introduce six patterns that I’ve found useful when struggling with these vicious problems.

software architecture

Software architecture — The Hardest parts - Part 2 of 3

I recently read the book “Software Architecture — the Hard Parts”. In this three-part series of articles, you have my top 4 list of the hardest parts and six patterns that I’ve found useful. Let's continue with the top 2 from my top 4 list.

software architecture

Software architecture — The Hardest parts - Part 1 of 3

I recently read the book “Software Architecture — the Hard Parts”. In this three-part series of articles, you have my top 4 list of the hardest parts and six patterns that I’ve found useful. Let's start with the bottom two from my top 4 list.

Are you happy with crappy estimates? — Patterns and practices for better estimates

The estimates are a tricky thing. There are a lot of good estimation techniques, but no technique is perfect. There is also a lot of polarized debate about software estimation. I’ll try to avoid that and shed a systemic view on the topic. Here you have my top 12

coaching

Coach peer support group?

UPDATE: This ship has sailed and in the end it was not meant to be. Thank you for everyone involved, I'm keeping this blog post published so that if you return to see what came of this idea you can read this update. I'm thinking of

impact

Towards Impact: Our work so far

We want our company Flowa to become a true social and planetary enterprise. In this post I will introduce two of our impact projects: GoWood and What Matters To Me.

sustainability

Towards social and planetary impact

I want our company Flowa to become a true social and planetary enterprise. One that contributes to the well-being of our society and the sustainability of our planet in addition to being a financially healthy business.

antti

Summing up my July

Right now, people in continental Europe are starting their summer vacations. And at the same time, I'm back from mine. Along with many (most?) people in Finland. I'm writing this post to close my summer vacation chapter. To be able to move onto the next one

retrospectives

Async + Sync Remote Retrospective Plan

Running a remote workshop calls for more up-front planning and prep than face-to-face workshops. That is why I'm sharing this retrospective plan, with a Miro board template, to help you get your retrospective prep done in just a few minutes!

remote facilitation resources

Remote Fishbowl Lean Coffee

This is a remote session plan, with ready-to-use templates, for a big crowd to discuss together in a structured way without a predefined agenda. It is based on both the Lean Coffee structured agendaless meeting format and the Fishbowl discussion format.