Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
IT becomes more indispensable for our lives every day while our system landscapes drown in complexity. And every day it becomes a bit worse. It feels like we are Wily E. Coyote after having run over the edge of the cliff and daring to look down. But how to improve the situation?
In this talk, we will first examine our current situation and look at the aggravating drivers. Then we will focus on one of the drivers: Our tendency, to launch initiatives time and again to "clean up the mess" and create a homogeneous system landscape. We will learn why this idea is prone to fail and what we can do instead: Focus on road-movie architectures.
We will look at architectures that accept the given heterogeneity, that blend in and that can easily leave the scene if they are no longer needed. We will discuss the properties of such systems and their challenges.
Get ready for a different view on creating better system landscapes!
IT becomes more indispensable for our lives every day while our system landscapes drown in complexity. And every day it becomes a bit worse. It feels like we are Wily E. Coyote after having run over the edge of the cliff and daring to look down. But how to improve the situation?
In this talk, we will first examine our current situation and look at the aggravating drivers. Then we will focus on one of the drivers: Our tendency, to launch initiatives time and again to "clean up the mess" and create a homogeneous system landscape. We will learn why this idea is prone to fail and what we can do instead: Focus on road-movie architectures.
We will look at architectures that accept the given heterogeneity, that blend in and that can easily leave the scene if they are no longer needed. We will discuss the properties of such systems and their challenges.
Get ready for a different view on creating better system landscapes!
