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Doing Domain Story Telling and creating Domain Message Flow Charts are ways of validating our arbitrary design approaches of a systems architecture with developers, domain experts and business peoples. The really exciting part comes with Barry O'Reilly's Residuality Theory. When these techniques are done right they can a) really lead us to a sustainably architecture by finding their attractors b) help us to quantify how "good" or sustainable these architectures are and let different design candidates race against each other. The key to successful architecture is to be more creative and inviting when challanging our systems with unlikely stressors. Take these stressors serious and do not wave them away. They may never occur but do show you the residue of your design and thus help your business survive stressors that you did not come up with.

We had the opportunity to meet with someone in Business Development for an architecture firm today. It was really enlightening to learn more about their cost estimation process and gain a better understanding of how the design phase is managed by different sectors. We don't currently do much design phase work, but it's something that we are interested in learning more about to see if it's a fit for our skillset. This is just another example of how valuable it can be to meet with other business owners even if they're not necessarily a potential client. The more we all learn about the different aspects and phases of the projects in which we have a part, the better an understanding we have of the big picture and the more value we can offer in our portion of the project.

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The Architect is a thinker. The Architect thinks differently, well… at least they should. The Architect does not start with the solution but with the problem. The accountant sees the world in numbers, the architect sees it in points, lines, planes and angles. The architect explores planes of possibilities within the limitations of reality. ‐‐--‐‐‐------‐‐‐--‐----‐-------- https://lnkd.in/dQhJwjX4

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