Jeremy Deane
Chief Architect at Foundation Medicine
Presentations
Architecture Resiliency
Tuesday, 10:30 AM EST
No matter the techniques used to make enterprise solutions Highly Available (HA), failure is inevitable at some point. Resiliency refers to how quickly a system reacts to and recovers from such failures. This presentation discusses various architectural resiliency techniques and patterns that help increase Mean Time to Failure (MTTF), also known as Fault Tolerance, and decrease Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
Failure of Highly Available (HA) enterprise solutions is inevitable. However, in today's highly interconnected global economy, uptime is crucial. The impact of downtime is amplified when considering Service Level Agreement (SLA) penalties and lost revenue. Even more damaging is the harm to an organization's reputation as frustrated customers express their grievances on social media. Resiliency, often overlooked in favor of availability, is essential. Prezi Presentation
Architecture Documentation
Wednesday, 11:00 AM EST
Architecture documentation is crucial for comprehending requirements, steering design, validating implementation, and maintaining solutions. Unfortunately, it is often overlooked, either tackled at the beginning or pushed to the end of a project cycle. Consequently, the documentation quickly becomes outdated, making it ineffective when extending a solution or resolving a production incident. This session offers guidance on creating and maintaining architecture documentation that remains current and useful.
This session explores various practices and activities for creating and maintaining architecture documentation throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and beyond. Topics include utilizing views and viewpoints, developing conceptual or candidate architectures, setting up an architecture review process, and logging architecture decisions. Prezi Presentation
Technology Innovation Diffusion
Wednesday, 3:15 PM EST
This presentation teaches you how to strategically introduce technology innovations by applying specific change patterns to groups and individuals. By using these patterns and techniques, you'll not only benefit your organization but also enhance your career as a technologist, making you a more effective influencer, writer, and speaker.
The swift pace of technological innovation has allowed many organizations to significantly boost productivity while reducing their overall headcount. However, the fluctuating global economy and “change fatigue” within organizations have fostered a risk-averse culture. In such an environment, how can one introduce and integrate the latest technology or processes? The key lies in having a solid understanding of Diffusion Theory and leveraging Patterns of Change.Prezi Presentation
Architecture Trade-offs
Wednesday, 5:00 PM EST
Software architecture involves inherent trade-offs. Some of these trade-offs are clear, such as performance versus security or availability versus consistency, while others are more subtle, like resiliency versus affordability. This presentation will discuss various architectural trade-offs and strategies for managing them.
The role of a technical lead or software architect is to design software that fulfills the stakeholders' vision. However, as the design progresses, conflicting requirements often arise, affecting the candidate architecture. Resolving these conflicts typically involves making architectural trade-offs (e.g. service granularity vs maintainability). Additionally, with time-to-market pressures and the need to do more with less, adopting comprehensive frameworks like TOGAF or lengthy processes like ATAM may not be feasible. Therefore, it is crucial to deeply understand these architectural trade-offs and employ lightweight resolution techniques. Prezi Presentation