A small source for IT students at the VFU, Varna.

1. Architecting
digital
systems
Module 0
Introduction to the mini-course
Alexander Samarin

2. • Digital transformation of business & IT
– professional, practitioner, architect and methodologist
– from a programmer to a systems architect
– have created production systems which work without me
– systems of various sizes: company, corporate, canton, city,
country, continent, community
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About me (1)

3. • Some of my professional roles
– “cleaning lady” (usually in an IT department)
– “peacemaker” (between the IT and business)
– “swiss knife” (for solving any problem)
– “patterns detective” (seeing commonalities in “unique” cases)
– “assembler” (making unique things from commodities)
– “barriers breaker” (there is always a bigger system)
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4. • Experience in scientific, international, governmental and
industry environments:
– CERN, ISO, IOC, BUPA, Groupe Mutuel, State of Geneva, EDQM,
Bund ISB, AfDB, Scheider Electric, UEFA, IEC, IFRC
• My main “tool” is a blend of:
– BPM, SOA, EA, ECM and the systems approach
• Website: http://www.samarin.biz
• Blog http://improving-bpm-systems.blogspot.com
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandersamarin
• E-mail: alexandre.samarine@gmail.com
• Twitter: @samarin
• Mobile: +41 76 573 40 61
• Book: www.samarin.biz/book
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5. Module 1: Architecting digital systems
Module 2: Business Process Management
Module 3: Security
Module 4: Microservices
Module 5: Practical work
Module 6: Review of the practical work
Architecting digital systems - Module 0 5
Planning
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6. 1. Slot 9:40 – 11:00
2. Break 15 mins
3. Slot 11:15 – 12:35
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Timing
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7. • http://improving-bpm-
systems.blogspot.bg/2012/04/architecting-of-modern-
informaiton.html
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Questions?