The “monoliths vs microservices” debate often focuses on technological aspects, ignoring strategy and team dynamics. Instead of technology, smart-thinking organizations are beginning with team cognitive load as the guiding principle for modern software. In this talk I explain how and why.
Key takeaways:
- What is team cognitive load and why that matters
- Using team cognitive load as the guiding principle for sustainable ownership and evolution of software systems
- What are the fundamental topologies and interaction modes that help reduce cognitive load
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Manuel Pais
Independent IT organizational consultant and trainer
Ex-dev, ex-build manager, ex-tester, ex-QA lead
LinkedIn instructor on Accelerating Continuous Delivery
Twitter: @manupaisable
LinkedIn: manuelpais
3. Team Topologies
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Organizing business and
technology teams for fast flow
Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
IT Revolution Press
Order via stores worldwide: teamtopologies.com/book
7. “Start with monolith and
extract microservices.”
- Tammer Saleh
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https://www.infoq.com/presentations/cloud-anti-patterns
8. “Don’t start with a
monolith when your goal is
a microservices
architecture”
- Stefan Tilkov
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http://martinfowler.com/articles/dont-start-monolith.html
9. “If you can't build a
monolith, what makes you
think microservices are
the answer?”
- Simon Brown
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http://www.codingthearchitecture.com/2014/07/06/distributed_big_balls_of_mud.html
11. “Software that
fits in your head”
- Daniel Terhorst-North
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https://speakerdeck.com/tastapod/microservices-software-that-fits-in-your-head?slide=62
49. “...trend analysis, simulations, rapid
prototyping, scenario planning,
gaming, environmental scanning
… give clues to the context and
competitive environment.”
- Dr. Naomi Stanford,
“Guide to Organisation Design” (The Economist)
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68. Do we know which teams we need to
interact with? What outcomes do we
expect from the interaction?
Collaboration, X-as-a-Service, Facilitating
Team Interactions
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70. Team Topologies
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Organizing business and
technology teams for fast flow
Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais
IT Revolution Press
Order via stores worldwide: teamtopologies.com/book