Sociotechnical Architecture: co-designing technical & organizational architecture to maximize impact

Sociotechnical Architecture: co-designing technical & organizational architecture to maximize impact by Eduardo da Silva Traditionally software architecture focuses on designing software systems to provide value to customers. In most organizations there is little emphasis on the design of the organizational structure that will implement and own such technical architecture. However, in our very competitive and fast moving world this can be a major drawback. We cannot design software systems at high-velocity without considering the organization that will deliver and own them. Architecture must be a co-design activity, considering organizational and software systems aspects. This is what “Sociotechnical Architecture” aims at. In this talk I am going to show you what Sociotechnical Architecture is; why it is extremely relevant; and will also inspire you with several examples and patterns. My goal is to make clear that we must always consider these two dimensions to be able to maximize our impact and be able to achieve high-velocity on our product development.