Architecture is an art of partitioning a whole system into parts, and designing relationships between those parts. It allows groups of people to work cooperatively and productively together to solve a larger problem than they could individually. In large enterprises where organisational and technical complexity are higher, maintaining product agility and streamlined architectural processes together becomes very challenging.
In this interactive workshop we will explore how an evolutionary architecture model can help to keep agility within an organisation of any size, without descending into architectural chaos.

In this workshop we will explain the role of an architect in a larger agile organization, aiming to provide clarity on what the title "Architect" actually means. Participants will learn how to integrate architecture within agile process and learn about the business driven, people focused approach to modern architecture.

The workshop is envisioned to shift between lectures discussing the concepts and hands-on group architecture exercises (katas) where participants would be working on their skills. These mini kata sessions will enable participants to apply the learned knowledge and see what a day in life of an architect looks like. Exercises will be based on real life scenarios and enable architectural effort, while completing all the critical elements: changing requirements, a customer, project constraints, a deadline, peers, and a review process.