Julie Lerman, Indu Alagarsamy, Michael Plöd and Nick Tune on the cost of many ubiquitous languages: everything that gets lost translating between them.

The industry's answer to a language model deciding things it should not is to wrap it in deterministic guardrails. That answers the second question and skips the first: which decisions are allowed acr...

A team can own an AI capability and still not own the decisions made inside it. As language models move from completing code to shaping the ubiquitous language, a meaningful share of a team's domain m...

A raw language model cannot give you a Published Language, because it cannot enter an agreement. It can answer in natural language structured by nobody, different on every call, and that is precisely ...

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Context Maps were never about IT systems alone. They were about sociotechnical systems: the teams, the politics, the influence between people who build models. AI introduces a new kind of actor to tha...

Is your legacy system modernization hitting a wall? Michael Plöd shares why respecting the "rockstar" developer's legacy is the key to turning resistance into architectural success.

The “Collaborative Modeling Workshop Preparation Canvas” is a tool to support facilitators when preparing for collaborative modelling workshops - ddd-crew/como-prep-canvas

Of course, we could spend two hours talking and discussing the theory around Context Maps and the related patterns but this time around we will apply them together in practice. This VDDD meetup episode...

This commit adds another persistence approach to the comparison: jMolecules generated persistence using JPA (alternatively, JDBC or MongoDB could be used). The following fundamental steps were take...

This post reflects on a hands-on workshop conducted at DDD Europe 2025, where we meticulously examined six distinct strategies for persisting aggregates in Domain-Driven Design. We delve into the tech...

Platform Engineering is transforming how we build and deliver software. While technical platforms are crucial, they often overlook the complexities of business domains. This article explores the shif...

This post addresses the challenge of navigating the complexity of EventStorming workshops, specifically focusing on the identification of "Pivotal Events." It outlines a series of heuristics to help p...

Fantastic final day at Agile Meets Architecture 2025! Great talks, amazing community vibe, and lots of inspiration, especially around AI and dynamic teaming from Jurgen Appelo. Sad it's over but leavi...

Day 1 of Agile Meets Architecture in Berlin was a great start to a great conference. Catch my blog post for my personal highlights and insights!

Day 1 of Agile Meets Architecture in Berlin was a great start to a great conference. Catch my blog post for my personal highlights and insights!

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Get an inside look at Team Topologies implementation from experienced practitioner Michael Plöd. Drawing from multiple organizational transformations, Michael will share critical insights that go beyo...

Get an inside look at Team Topologies implementation from experienced practitioner Michael Plöd. Drawing from multiple organizational transformations, Michael will share critical insights that go beyo...

Get an inside look at Team Topologies implementation from experienced practitioner Michael Plöd. Drawing from multiple organizational transformations, Michael will share critical insights that go beyo...

Join us for a talk that provides an inside look at implementing team topologies, followed by an open discussion. Catch a glimpse what Agile meets Architecture is all about.

Transforming ivory tower architecture to enabling teamsMany large organizations are still working with centralized architecture related teams. Their role is ...