We live in a time where complexity rules. In the area of our profession as software engineers we discover more and more that it is not only technology or frameworks at times, but also business cases that are challenging. Business cases especially have a tendency to start by
being easy to implement until they get enriched by more and more rules and constraints.

To tame this kind of complexity it requires a different view on how we organise software projects in their inner structure and what parts of the software should be the centre of focus. The hexagonal architecture is one way to get this done without many sacrifices. It gives space for both parties namely technology and business likewise without interfering with each other. In addition to that it also gives opportunity to concepts of the Domain Driven Design principles and motivates collaboration.

In this talk we will take a look at the building blocks of hexagon architecture and analyse what benefits this brings for the team’s agile process management, collaboration and knowledge sharing. A demo and reference example made by willhaben jobs will support the analysis.

This talk shows what an architecture like the hexagonal architecture can enable; with the focus on inner-team collaboration