Legacy system dilemma? Learn how architecture-driven decisions beat assumptions in the renovate vs rebuild debate.
Agenda
6:00pm - networking in BCS London over refreshments
6:30pm - presentation begins
7:45pm - Q&A 8:00pm - networking in BCS London (pizza & refreshments)
8:45pm at the latest: everyone off the premises - adjourn to The Old Doctor Butler's Head to continue discussion if desired
Synopsis
At some point most of us will face the critical decision of whether to modernize a legacy system or rebuild it from scratch.
While these decisions can make or break budgets and careers, they are often driven by emotion, outdated assumptions and optimism, rather than facts, data and clear rationale.
This talk explains how an architecture-driven approach can help address the renovate-versus-rebuild dilemma, by moving beyond assumptions to use a decision framework based on proven architectural knowledge.
Whether you're facing a creaking monolith today or are drowning in distributed technical debt, this session will give you a starting point and an approach to to make and defend your own legacy system decisions with confidence.
About the speaker
Eoin Woods is an independent consultant in the fields of software architecture, green software and software engineering. He was formerly the CTO of Endava, where he was responsible for software engineering and capability development for over 10,000 delivery staff across the world.
Prior to Endava he developed databases, created security software and designed way too many systems to move money around. Outside his day job he is interested in software architecture, software security and sustainable (or "green") software.
He is a regular conference speaker, has co-authored three books on software architecture and was the recipient of the 2018 Linda Northrup Award for Software Architecture, from the Software Engineering Institute at CMU. His web site is www.eoinwoods.info.
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