by Organisers @virtualddd | Nov 11, 2025
Making architectural decisions is often seen as the responsibility of a select few—the senior architects who hand down blueprints from an ivory tower. But what happens when you turn that model on its head? What does it look like when teams are empowered to make their...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Oct 14, 2025
You gather the team, present a critical architectural decision, and open the floor for input. You are aiming for collaboration, for shared ownership. But you are met with silence. Or perhaps a hesitant deference: "You're the architect, you decide.” This is a...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Sep 30, 2025
Welcome to our ongoing series on facilitating software design and architecture, featuring Andrea, Andrew, and Kenny, as we explore the stories that shape our work. In this episode, Andrew shares a story that will sound familiar to many of us. It’s about the decisions...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Sep 16, 2025
Welcome back to our series on facilitating software architecture and design, where we dive into the real-world challenges of changing systems. In this episode we discuss a core principle for effective system change: transparency. Last time, we introduced the core...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Sep 2, 2025
Today we kicked off a new series: "Stories on Facilitating Software Architecture & design." You might be wondering, "Why this now? Haven't we been building systems?" And you'd be right. But what we've seen, and what we're...