Expert Talk: Continuous Architecture • Pierre Pureur & Kurt Bittner • GOTO 2022

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted https://gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/expert-... Pierre Pureur - Co-Author of "Continuous Architecture" & "Continuous Architecture in Practice" Kurt Bittner - Co Author of "The Professional Scrum Team" & Enterprise Solutions at Scrup.org DESCRIPTION What is continuous architecture and how does it fit in today’s world? Has the role of a software architect changed over the last few years, and what are the main skills you need to be good at architecting software? Pierre Pureur, co-author of “Continuous Architecture in Practice,” and Kurt Bittner, Enterprise Solution at Scrum.org, give an overview of what software architects — or those who dream of becoming one — should consider across each of these questions. TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:30 Quality attributes in software architecture 05:08 The 5th quality attribute element to good software architecture 07:23 What is continuous architecture? 15:27 The unacceptable cost of rework 18:06 Minimum viable architecture 24:25 How to apply continuous architecture to existing systems 29:51 How to become a software architect 37:47 Testing in a continuous architecture framework 44:00 When is software architecture “good enough”? 50:04 Main takeaways from "Continuous Architecture" 51:54 Outro RECOMMENDED BOOKS Pierre Pureur, M. Erder & E. Woods • Continuous Architecture in Practice • https://amzn.to/3tl7fYp Pierre Pureur & Murat Erder • Continuous Architecture • https://amzn.to/3N7jO1d Kurt Bittner, P. Götz & U. Schirmer • The Professional Scrum Team • https://amzn.to/3It1VGo Kurt Bittner, P. Kong & D. West • The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum • https://amzn.to/36EMC0s Kurt Bittner & Ian Spence • Use Case Modeling • https://amzn.to/3JsPDPH Kurt Bittner & Ian Spence • Managing Iterative Software Development Projects • https://amzn.to/3u7xhNG Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 • https://leanpub.com/visualising-softw... George Fairbanks • Just Enough Software Architecture • https://amzn.to/3uZzVo0 Gene Kim • The Unicorn Project • https://amzn.to/3mkZ6iC Mark Seemann • Code That Fits in Your Head • https://amzn.to/3Irmzae   / gotocon     / goto-     / gotoconferences   #SoftwareArchitecture #ContinuousArchitecture #MVA #QualityAttribute #PierrePureur #KurtBittner #ContinuousArchitectureInPractice #TheProfessionalScrumTeam #QA #Rework #SoftwareArchitect #MinimumViableArchitecture Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConf...

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