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

Pierre Pureur and Kurt Bittner discuss the evolving role of the software architect and how to practice continuous architecture in modern teams.

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted gotopia.tech Read the full transcription of this interview here: gotopia.tech/articles/expert-talk-continuous-architecture 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 • amzn.to/3tl7fYp Pierre Pureur & Murat Erder • Continuous Architecture • amzn.to/3N7jO1d Kurt Bittner, P. Götz & U. Schirmer • The Professional Scrum Team • amzn.to/3It1VGo Kurt Bittner, P. Kong & D. West • The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum • amzn.to/36EMC0s Kurt Bittner & Ian Spence • Use Case Modeling • amzn.to/3JsPDPH Kurt Bittner & Ian Spence • Managing Iterative Software Development Projects • amzn.to/3u7xhNG Simon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2 • leanpub.com/visualising-software-architecture George Fairbanks • Just Enough Software Architecture • amzn.to/3uZzVo0 Gene Kim • The Unicorn Project • amzn.to/3mkZ6iC Mark Seemann • Code That Fits in Your Head • amzn.to/3Irmzae twitter.com/GOTOcon linkedin.com/company/goto- facebook.com/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 gotopia.tech SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1