Residuality: Real World Comparative Case Studies
Residuality Theory has disrupted the Software Architecture scene, presenting a new approach to architecture based on the complexity sciences and random simulation. It aims to help architects to design an architecture that is statistically more resilient to a broader range of possible futures.
In parallel, practices like the Architecture Advice Process and the application of Systems Thinking consider architecture through the lens of how organisations practically make and execute architectural decisions.
Are these approaches compatible?
We aim to understand how using Residuality fits into our toolbox, by reporting our findings in using it in two different settings. As practitioners, we have been wondering: How do we take this architecture and use it to deliver business value? How do we communicate the decisions that led to it, when the design process is so new and unfamiliar to the broader organisation? How do we wrestle with the inevitable trade-offs that must be made when building real operational systems based on this vision of a more adaptive capacity?
Drawing on two comparative experiences applying Residuality in the design and modernisation of systems in two separate businesses, we will share lessons learnt and thoughts on how to practically make use of this new approach.
Technology Coach & Advisor
Chris Simon is an independent technology coach and advisor who helps engineering teams use technology to drive real business outcomes. Drawing on his experience as a co-founding CTO of two successful startups, he supports founders, new CTOs and executives with strategic technology advice, and works with teams on architecture, quality, domain-driven design and test-driven development.
He is the creator of Contextive, an open-source IDE extension that helps developers working in complex domains adopt a shared ubiquitous language, and a co-founder of the DDD Australia community. Chris is a regular speaker at conferences and meetups, where he shares practical ideas on software design and team effectiveness.
Principal Architect at ModelBridge Software & Systems
Andrea Magnorsky is a Principal Architect at ModelBridge Software & Systems with around two decades of experience across the software industry. Her work centres on software architecture, domain modelling and functional programming, with hands-on experience in languages such as F#, Scala and Elm, and a track record spanning game development, high-traffic e-commerce platforms and enterprise consulting.
She is the creator of “Bytesize Architecture Sessions”, a lightweight approach to collaborative architecture, and a co-founder of an independent game studio. A frequent international conference speaker and mentor, Andrea is well known in the functional programming and software design communities for making architecture practices more accessible to teams.