Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Small Talks with Andrea Magnorsky - Collaborative Software Modelling and Design with Bytesize Sessions
“I don’t want an exclusive design process, but when you open it up it takes 10 times longer. It’s impossible to get buy-in for that.”
Sound familiar? You know collaboration matters, but every time you open up the design process, it grinds to a halt. And so you default to solo work, or back-room decisions, and the knowledge silos grow.
Right now, organisations are navigating higher uncertainty than ever: unclear goals, shifting team structures, and evolving roles for engineers and technical leaders. In this landscape, the ability to share deep context and design together – efficiently – is a competitive advantage, not a nice-to-have.
An informal chat with Andrea Magnorsky to learn more about her upcoming Collaborative Software Modelling and Design with Bytesize Sessions Workshop, why this topic matters, how the workshop is structured, what problems it addresses, and why people should join.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro: When should software design be a group activity?
00:37 Meet Andrea Magnorsky
01:39 Why sharing knowledge about a system was always so painful
03:47 Could functional programming fix the modelling problem?
04:27 "Let's not have another boring meeting": the first experiment
05:35 The blog post that turned it into a method
06:53 The problem Bite Size Sessions solve: knowledge silos
07:43 Why the three-day workshop fails
09:42 How a session works: goal, alone together, convergence, retro
12:16 Failure modes: when a Bite Size session goes wrong
13:42 The diagram is not the outcome – understanding is
14:15 The disruptive participant, and safeguarding the group
17:13 Not for everyone: skeptics, converts and choosing your technique
18:48 How do LLMs change collaborative modelling?
20:09 Beyond C4: context mapping, core domain charts and Event Storming
21:41 The Berlin workshop: building a coherent design practice
25:27 Who leaves happiest – and who this workshop is not for
27:04 Q&A: Bite Size vs ensemble / mob programming
29:31 Q&A: what if you run out of time? Boards, parked questions, recording
31:51 Wrap-up: see you in Berlin
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Small Talks with Andrea Magnorsky - Collaborative Software Modelling and Design with Bytesize Sessions
“I don’t want an exclusive design process, but when you open it up it takes 10 times longer. It’s impossible to get buy-in for that.”
Sound familiar? You know collaboration matters, but every time you open up the design process, it grinds to a halt. And so you default to solo work, or back-room decisions, and the knowledge silos grow.
Right now, organisations are navigating higher uncertainty than ever: unclear goals, shifting team structures, and evolving roles for engineers and technical leaders. In this landscape, the ability to share deep context and design together – efficiently – is a competitive advantage, not a nice-to-have.
An informal chat with Andrea Magnorsky to learn more about her upcoming Collaborative Software Modelling and Design with Bytesize Sessions Workshop, why this topic matters, how the workshop is structured, what problems it addresses, and why people should join.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro: When should software design be a group activity?
00:37 Meet Andrea Magnorsky
01:39 Why sharing knowledge about a system was always so painful
03:47 Could functional programming fix the modelling problem?
04:27 "Let's not have another boring meeting": the first experiment
05:35 The blog post that turned it into a method
06:53 The problem Bite Size Sessions solve: knowledge silos
07:43 Why the three-day workshop fails
09:42 How a session works: goal, alone together, convergence, retro
12:16 Failure modes: when a Bite Size session goes wrong
13:42 The diagram is not the outcome – understanding is
14:15 The disruptive participant, and safeguarding the group
17:13 Not for everyone: skeptics, converts and choosing your technique
18:48 How do LLMs change collaborative modelling?
20:09 Beyond C4: context mapping, core domain charts and Event Storming
21:41 The Berlin workshop: building a coherent design practice
25:27 Who leaves happiest – and who this workshop is not for
27:04 Q&A: Bite Size vs ensemble / mob programming
29:31 Q&A: what if you run out of time? Boards, parked questions, recording
31:51 Wrap-up: see you in Berlin
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👉 Workshop: bit.ly/CollaborativeSoftwareModelling
🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: bit.ly/SubscribeAvanscoperta
📩 Join our newsletter: bit.ly/newsletter-avanscoperta
🗓 Upcoming Public Events: bit.ly/avanscoperta-training
#bytesizesessions #softwareengineering #softwaredevelopment
