Pragmatic Architecture, Today: Bart Blommaerts

PRAGMATIC ARCHITECTURE,  
TODAY
BART BLOMMAERTS 
@DAGGIEBE
SATURN, 2017-05-02
PRAGMATIC ARCHITECTURE, TODAY
BART BLOMMAERTS
▸ Application Architect
▸ Ordina Belgium
▸ JWorks
▸ @DaggieBe
Architecture
WHAT?
VIEWPOINTS
▸ Context
▸ Functional
▸ Information
▸ Concurrency
▸ Development
▸ Deployment
▸ Operational
PERSPECTIVES
▸ Accessibility ▸ Location
▸ Availability and Resilience ▸ Performance and
Scalability
▸ Development Resource
▸ Regulation
▸ Evolution
▸ Security
▸ Internationalization
▸ Usability
Architecture
REALLY?
ABILITY TO
CHANGE
ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTS THE

SIGNIFICANT DESIGN DECISIONS THAT
SHAPE A SYSTEM, WHERE SIGNIFICANT
IS MEASURED BY COST OF CHANGE.
Grady Booch
A SYSTEM IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF

ITS PARTS; IT IS AN INDIVISIBLE WHOLE.
IT LOSES ITS ESSENTIAL PROPERTIES
WHEN IT IS TAKEN APART.
Russell L. Ackoff
BE PART OF THE
TEAM 
ACTIVITY OVER ROLE
AS A TEAM
▸ Facilitating
▸ Collaborating
▸ Modelling
▸ Sharing
▸ Resolving
▸ Improving
▸…
INVOLVED IN
CODE?
YES
EXPERIENCE THE SAME PAIN AS
EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE TEAM
CODE
▸ Support and coaching

▸ Best practices
▸ Code reviews
▸ Proof of Concepts
▸ Reusable building blocks
▸ Etc.
SYSTEM
STAKEHOLDERS
EVOLUTIONARY
TEAM MEMBER
INVOLVED IN
CODE
Architecture
VISUAL
ONE CANNOT SEE THE OCEAN'S

CURRENTS BY STUDYING DROPS OF
WATER.
Grady Booch
VISUALISATION - GOAL
▸ Consistency
▸ Reporting
▸ Checking and validation
▸ Sharing information
VISUALISATION - GROUND RULES
▸ UML is usually not necessary

▸ Can be used for model-driven development
▸ Boxes and lines
▸ Be consistent
▸ Provide a legend
▸ Make sure stakeholders understand
VISUALISATION - GROUND RULES
▸ Decision log
▸ Document your decisions and alternatives
▸ Avoid fluffy diagrams
▸ Avoid mixed abstractions
▸ Only document what’s useful
Architecture
WHY?
WHY? UP-FRONT DESIGN
01
UP-FRONT DESIGN
▸ Think about the big picture

▸ eg. used technology
▸ automation
▸ patterns (monolith, distributed, …)
▸ layering
▸ And it’s evolution
▸ But … be pragmatic
JUST ENOUGH UP FRONT DESIGN TO

CREATE FIRM FOUNDATIONS FOR THE
SOFTWARE PRODUCT AND ITS
DELIVERY.
Simon Brown
JUST ENOUGH?
JUST ENOUGH?
▸ Greenfield
▸ All the components of the system
▸ High-level
▸ Show the whole system
▸ Add details later
▸ White board diagram
JUST ENOUGH? GREENFIELD

JUST ENOUGH?
▸ Existing system
▸ As-is situation
▸ Domain of change
▸ Extension points
WHY? COMMUNICATION
02
01
COMMUNICATION
▸ During inception
▸ Many stakeholders
▸ Many desires
▸ Many questions …
COMMUNICATION
▸ During development process

▸ Sharing a technical vision
▸ Everybody collaborates to the same end-goal
▸ Leave your ego at the door
WHY? POLITICS
03
02
01
POLITICS
▸ Decisions
▸ Stakeholders will question many decisions
▸ Focus on system integrity
▸ Fear of change at corporate IT
▸ Creating systems “nobody wants to touch”
▸ Play the game …
WHY? MAKE DECISIONS EXPLICIT
04
03
02
01
Architecture
HOW?
OODA
OBSERVE
ORIENT
DECIDE
ACT
OODA - EXAMPLE
▸ Context view
OODA - EXAMPLE
▸ Context view
OODA - EXAMPLE
▸ Context view
OODA - EXAMPLE
▸ Context view
RUNTIME OBSERVATIONS
▸ System composition
▸ Measuring value
▸ Application-driven
▸ Capturing data
READING MATERIAL
▸ Software Systems Architecture by Rozanski and Woods

▸ 37 Things One Architect Knows About IT Transformation by Gregor
Hohpe
▸ Continuous architecture by Pureur and Erder
▸ Bredemeyer consulting - http://www.bredemeyer.com/
▸ Form follows function - https://genehughson.wordpress.com/
▸ A trace in the sand - http://www.ruthmalan.com/Journal/
JournalCurrent.htm
▸ Coding the architecture - http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/
▸ Continuous architecture in practice - https://pgppgp.wordpress.com/
▸ Who needs an architect? - http://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/
whoNeedsArchitect.pdf
THANK YOU
@DAGGIEBE

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PRAGMATIC ARCHITECTURE,

ARCHITECTURE REPRESENTS THE

A SYSTEM IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF

▸ Support and coaching

ONE CANNOT SEE THE OCEAN'S

VISUALISATION - GROUND RULES

▸ UML is usually not necessary

VISUALISATION - GROUND RULES

WHY? UP-FRONT DESIGN

▸ Think about the big picture

JUST ENOUGH UP FRONT DESIGN TO

JUST ENOUGH? GREENFIELD

▸ During development process

WHY? MAKE DECISIONS EXPLICIT

▸ Software Systems Architecture by Rozanski and Woods

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