Yevgen Nebesov
Self-employed sociotechnical engineer
Bruchsal, Germany
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Yevgen Nebesov is a systems architect based in Bruchsal, Germany. He provides consultancy services to companies across various sectors, including railways, logistics, and medical devices. Yevgen’s expertise spans software architecture, team leadership, business analysis, and programming.
His consultancy focuses primarily on managing sociotechnical complexity in software projects. He aims to address multiple sources of uncertainty—technical, operational, political, and business domain—within organizations. Yevgen describes his approach as “Sociotechnical Engineering,” emphasizing a holistic perspective.
Passionate about advancing software architecture, Yevgen actively contributes to its evolving discourse. He explores the future landscape of the field, particularly as it intersects with the integration of artificial intelligence.
Here you can find Yevgen's previous talks: https://www.complexitynavigator.rocks/speaking
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How will AI reshape Software Engineering?
Ever wondered how software engineering will look once AI evolves and matures? This talk aims to answer that question. It introduces a simple mental model, illustrating how all systems, including sociotechnical ones, are shaped by constraints. The talk further examines which human limitations hinder software engineering today and how AI could relax these constraints in the future. As a result, AI is likely to completely reshape the categories and paradigms of software engineering as we know them.
- No technical know-how required
- Previously delivered at Global Software Architecture Summit 2024 in Barcelona and AI Meetup Frankfurt.
- Slides example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1erVv_2aqfYp-NuHd-H0DPWU3dSMgtaXd/view?usp=drive_link
Introduction to Sociotechnical Engineering
In software projects, individuals and technical artifacts influence each other, forming complex sociotechnical systems that require a holistic approach. Despite their complexity, these systems can be addressed in much the same way as technical systems—through requirements gathering, design, troubleshooting, and even testing.
This talk will demonstrate how traditional systems engineering categories are adapted for sociotechnical systems. It will focus on the concept of “roles” as links between people and the artifacts they create. The talk will include various examples of functional and non-functional requirements for sociotechnical systems and explain how to reuse design patterns to meet these requirements.
- No technical know-how required
- The talk was already delivered on multiple occasions, see here: https://www.complexitynavigator.rocks/speaking
- Slides example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qWtO8xadFhr5-aOD0CL4205_JL7hsQBO/view?usp=sharing
- Recorded session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/zCqfD3Wn9oE?t=3611
Power of artifacts: Sociomateriality of Software Engineering
Sociomateriality explores the connections between our social interactions and the tangible or virtual objects around us, often referred to as artifacts. These artifacts are influenced by us, but they also have the ability to shape our comprehension and behaviors. As non-human actors, artifacts can exert their agency upon us.
In software engineering, the rise of complex software systems and multifunctional teams is accompanied by two further trends:
- the growing number of artifacts, ranging from user stories and UI designs to code, tests, and CI/CD scripts
- artifact-based communication between individuals.
These trends highlight the emerging role of artifacts as sources of agency in power dynamics within organizations.
In this talk, the speaker will present a framework for understanding architectures of power. Based on this framework, he will discuss the agency of artifacts we create and encounter during our work. Subsequently, he will share practical ideas on leveraging artifacts' power to enable positive transformations and drive change in software projects.
- 35-45 Minutes
- No technical knowledge required
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