1. Architectural
Kata
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2. Me
Adi Bolboaca
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3. Today
Find "What is architecture?"
Architecting in real-time
Find when the architecture doesn't work
How to change it when necessary
I will not teach you architecture
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4. How
Split in groups of 5 persons
Take 30 minutes to create an architecture
Present your architecture to the others
Be prepared to defend your ideas
Ask questions for the other architectures
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5. Rules
Focus on non-functional requirements
Clarify the project with the instructor
Make assumptions about technologies
Clearly define your assumptions
You can use any technology
The team members do not know each other
Ask for any other rules
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6. Recommendations
Ask a lot of questions
Do not talk too much, start working
Make sure everyone's ideas are used
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7. I'll have the BLT
Description: a national sandwich shop wants to enable "fax in
your order", but over the Internet instead
Users: millions+
Requirements: users will place their order, then be given a
time to pick up their sandwich and directions to the shop
(which must integrate with Google Maps); if the shop offers a
delivery service, dispatch the driver with the sandwich to the
user; mobile-device accessibility; offer national daily specials;
offer local daily specials; accept payment online or in
person/on delivery
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8. Presentation
Team: present your architecture
Audience: ask questions
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9. Agile Dead Trees
Description: a publisher wants to unify its authoring CMS and
customer store experience.
Users: dozens of publisher employees, hundreds of authors,
thousands/millions of customers.
Requirements: authors publish chapters; reviewers see the
chapters, make review comments, and notify authors on
review; authors can reject proposed review changes;
customers can buy books (either e-form or dead trees form)
online, including those available in "beta"; publisher can push
authors' chapters to those customers who bought the "beta".
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10. Presentation
Team: present your architecture
Audience: ask questions
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11. Retrospective
How was it?
What would you do differently?
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12. More info
Ted Neward about the architectural katas
http://blogs.tedneward.com/2010/06/17/Architectural+Kata
s.aspx
Find more katas at http://www.architecturalkatas.com
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13. Contact me
Unit testing workshop
Remote pair-programming
TDD workshop
Refactoring workshop
Working FAST and safe with existing code
Code retreat
@adibolb
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http://blog.adrianbolboaca.ro

14. Architectural Kata
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adrian.bolboaca@mozaicworks.com
@adibolb
Extend your mentoring & training
capacity
Accelerate learning through
communities of practice
Grow your functional leaders and top
talents
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15. Architectural Kata
Q&A,
Beer
& More...
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