by Organisers @virtualddd | Jan 20, 2026
Treat testability, observability, and recoverability as first-class design concerns, not afterthoughts. A system that cannot be easily tested, understood in production, or quickly restored is inherently low-quality. Build in the necessary instrumentation, APIs, and...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Jan 20, 2026
Define quality as ’value to some person who matters’, forcing prioritisation of whose perspective is most critical. This transforms quality from an abstract concept into a tangible goal tied to the experience of a specific stakeholder or user. This focus clarifies...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Jan 20, 2026
Shift focus from attempting to eliminate every bug before deployment to ensuring rapid recovery from failure in production. The cost of a quickly remediated production incident is often lower than the cost of maintaining complex, slow, and brittle pre-production...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 3, 2025
Acknowledge that different functions perceive quality differently: product values ‘building the right thing’, engineering values ‘building the thing right’, and operations values ‘supporting the thing well’. Make these perspectives explicit through a formal discussion...
by Organisers @virtualddd | Dec 3, 2025
Align the level of quality investment with the strategic importance of the business domain (Core, Supporting, or Generic). The Core Domain, which provides the primary competitive advantage, warrants the highest investment in rigorous testing and quality assurance....
