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This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph
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Alberto Brandolini - Creator of EventStorming @AlbertoBrandolini
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github.com/ziobrando
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http://www.avanscoperta.it/en/trainer/a-brandolini
Links
https://blog.avanscoperta.it
https://www.avanscoperta.it/en/context-mapping
https://blog.avanscoperta.it/2020/04/21/context-mapping-on-a-business-grid
ABSTRACT
Without a constant design effort, models will tend to rot, irresistibly attracted to the Big Ball of Mud.
Partitioning the model early on could be the solution, but many forces are conspiring in the wrong direction.
• How can we establish solid foundations for our software to avoid becoming bloated and unmanageable?
• How can we detect the signals we need to split a model? How and where should we split?
In this talk, we’ll see how practices for model decomposition need to consider the whole socio-technical stack, including architecture, domain, organization, teams and human brain, and how different strategies will fit in at different moments of our software evolution. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
00:44 Part 1: Good old times
06:10 Summary: Good old times
07:14 Starting with the right foot
08:11 Bounded context
11:04 Discipline isn't free
26:16 Running faster
28:44 When to split?
34:39 Detecting where to start
37:51 Multi-country
44:03 Poking the landscape
45:02 Summary
47:37 Outro
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Alberto Brandolini & various Authors • Cronache di Domain-Driven Design (Italian Edition) • amzn.to/4aDGlAK
Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • amzn.to/3tnGhwm
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow • amzn.to/2XmJEtf
Charles Duhigg • The Power of Habit • amzn.to/4ayeHEy
Andy Hunt • Pragmatic Thinking & Learning • amzn.to/4xBioDu
Carola Lilienthal & Henning Schwentner • Domain-Driven Transformation • amzn.to/48CCxNR
Nick Tune & Jean-Georges Perrin • Architecture Modernization • amzn.to/4rAIeEJ
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This presentation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. #GOTOcon #GOTOcph
gotocph.com
Alberto Brandolini - Creator of EventStorming @AlbertoBrandolini
RESOURCES
https://bsky.app/profile/ziobrando.bsky.social
twitter.com/ziobrando
github.com/ziobrando
linkedin.com/in/brando
http://www.avanscoperta.it/en/trainer/a-brandolini
Links
https://blog.avanscoperta.it
https://www.avanscoperta.it/en/context-mapping
https://blog.avanscoperta.it/2020/04/21/context-mapping-on-a-business-grid
ABSTRACT
Without a constant design effort, models will tend to rot, irresistibly attracted to the Big Ball of Mud.
Partitioning the model early on could be the solution, but many forces are conspiring in the wrong direction.
• How can we establish solid foundations for our software to avoid becoming bloated and unmanageable?
• How can we detect the signals we need to split a model? How and where should we split?
In this talk, we’ll see how practices for model decomposition need to consider the whole socio-technical stack, including architecture, domain, organization, teams and human brain, and how different strategies will fit in at different moments of our software evolution. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
00:44 Part 1: Good old times
06:10 Summary: Good old times
07:14 Starting with the right foot
08:11 Bounded context
11:04 Discipline isn't free
26:16 Running faster
28:44 When to split?
34:39 Detecting where to start
37:51 Multi-country
44:03 Poking the landscape
45:02 Summary
47:37 Outro
Download slides and read the full abstract here:
gotocph.com/2025/sessions/3866
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Alberto Brandolini & various Authors • Cronache di Domain-Driven Design (Italian Edition) • amzn.to/4aDGlAK
Eric Evans • Domain-Driven Design • amzn.to/3tnGhwm
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow • amzn.to/2XmJEtf
Charles Duhigg • The Power of Habit • amzn.to/4ayeHEy
Andy Hunt • Pragmatic Thinking & Learning • amzn.to/4xBioDu
Carola Lilienthal & Henning Schwentner • Domain-Driven Transformation • amzn.to/48CCxNR
Nick Tune & Jean-Georges Perrin • Architecture Modernization • amzn.to/4rAIeEJ
https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com
twitter.com/GOTOcon
linkedin.com/company/goto-
instagram.com/goto_con
facebook.com/GOTOConferences
#SoftwareDesign #EventStorming #EventStreaming #DDD #BoundedContext #SoftwareDelivery #TodayInTech #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #AlbertoBrandolini
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