Act, Don’t Whine:
In many consulting projects over the last few years, we have seen development teams complain about two things: that they suffer from a lack of good requirements or that they have not received important requirements or have received them much too late. They then blame requirements engineers, business analysts, or product owners who “didn’t do…
Read MoreHow to Identify a Good Certificate?
There is a wide range of certificates on offer, yet most certificates and certification procedures are based on a similar process with some comparable variants…
Read MoreDecentralized Architecture: What’s Behind Blockchains?
Fueled by ever new highs in cryptocurrency prices, there is currently a lively debate about blockchains…
Read MoreDDD Confusion: Bounded Subdomain Context Module, or What?
In my work as a trainer for domain-driven design (short: DDD), I notice that…
Read MoreWhat CPSA®-Advanced Level Exam Tasks Actually Look Like
This blog post answers the most important questions about the written part of the iSAQB Advanced Level exam…
Read MoreFunctional Architecture Is Better
Wittgenstein wrote, “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Moritz Nähr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons And functional architecture works best with functional programming languages. Functional Software Architecture (“FUNAR”) is one of the most advanced curricula in the iSAQB Advanced canon. It’s about the specific techniques for domain modelling and structuring software…
Read MoreThe iSAQB CPSA Certification Scheme – Meaning, Benefits, and Structure
In this brand-new podcast episode, Carola Lilienthal, Gernot Starke, and Eberhard Wolff sat together to discuss the iSAQB’s two-level certification scheme CPSA – Certified Professional for Software Architecture – in detail. What are the reasons for, and what is the actual meaning of the CPSA certification program? Which are the benefits for participants, but also…
Read MoreIntroduction to the iSAQB® CPSA® Certification Program
You are a software architect, or interested in becoming one, and would like to know more about the iSAQB CPSA certification program, and how your career could benefit from it? Then take a look at this presentation, created in a cooperation with iSQI. iSAQB member Roger Rhoades gives an overview of the field of software architecture,…
Read MoreSoft Skills for Software Architects
Mirko Hillert: Hello, we are here at the Architectural Gathering 2019 in Munich. Kim Nena Duggen is sitting next to me. Perhaps you can briefly introduce yourself to our viewers again. Kim Nena Duggen: Sure. My name is Kim Nena Duggen. I work for embarc as an organizational developer. embarc performs software architecture, agile software…
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