Architecture for Flow

Design adaptive, socio-technical systems optimized for a fast flow of change
Susanne Kaiser

Architecture for Flow

Architecture for Flow

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map Antwerp, Belgium
apartment Carnot Wing
nest_clock_farsight_analog Total duration: 14h00

Timezone: Europe, Amsterdam
Monday June 8 09:30 - 17:30
Tuesday June 9 09:30 - 17:30


Summary

Many initiatives that aim to change or optimize a system tend to focus on local optimization of separate parts, yet this rarely improves the performance of the whole. Organisations are composed of interacting social and technical subsystems that cannot be treated separately. To adapt to constantly changing circumstances, they need to be aligned and treated as an interacting socio-technical system.

Architecture for Flow provides a holistic toolset for designing, building, and evolving adaptive, socio-technical systems optimized for a fast, sustainable flow of value and constant feedback.

Learn how to bridge business strategy, software design and architecture, and team organization by combining Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and Team Topologies.

For Who?

This workshop is suitable for people in technical or product leadership and architecture roles, and anyone who is interested in tackling designing, building, and evolving adaptive socio-technical systems with a holistic approach.

Learning Outcomes

  • Visualize a business landscape with Wardley Maps
  • Categorize the problem space with DDD’s subdomain types to get an indication where to prioritize strategic investments in the solution space
  • Modularize the solution space with DDD’s bounded contexts using EventStorming
  • Align future teams and interactions optimized for a fast flow of change using Team Topologies
  • Connect business strategy, software design and architecture, and team organization into a coherent model by applying the Architecture for Flow approach and its Canvas

Schedule

  • Module 1: The business strategy perspective with Wardley Mapping fundamentals
  • Module 2: The software design perspective with Strategic Domain-Driven Design
  • Module 3: The team organization perspective with Team Topologies
  • Module 4: Connecting the dots with Architecture for Flow

Prerequisites

No prior experience with Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design, or Team Topologies is required. While some familiarity with any of these approaches can be helpful, the workshop is designed to be accessible for participants at all levels.

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Early bird: €1,750 (ex VAT) — Save €250 until March 31, 2026 Regular price: €2,000 (ex VAT)

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Architecture for Flow

Written by Susanne Kaiser - Published as part of Vaughn Vernon’s Signature Series at Addison-Wesley

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This book offers a comprehensive toolset for organizations to anticipate change, unlock blockers to flow, and maintain competitive advantage in an increasingly uncertain world by connecting the dots between Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design, and Team Topologies.

  • Understand competitive landscapes and anticipate change through strategic visualization
  • Analyze problem domains and design modular solution spaces aligned with business and user needs
  • Implement domain models that keep core business logic decoupled from external changes
  • Optimize team structures and interactions to reduce bottlenecks and enhance flow
  • Practical guidance for transforming monolithic systems into adaptive architectures
  • Foster organizational culture that sustains flow and embraces future change

Susanne Kaiser

About Susanne Kaiser

Independent Tech Consultant

Susanne Kaiser is an independent tech consultant from Hamburg, Germany, supporting organizations with building socio-technical systems. She is passionate about connecting the dots between Wardley Mapping, Domain-Driven Design, and Team Topologies as a holistic approach to designing and building adaptive systems for a fast flow of change. Susanne previously worked as a startup CTO and has a background in computer sciences and experience in software development and software architecture since 2002. She is the author of the upcoming book "Adaptive Systems with Domain-Driven Design, Wardley Mapping, and Team Topologies: Architecture for Flow" (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Vernon)).

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Architecture for Flow

school Susanne Kaiser
language English
cognition_2 Intermediate
calendar_month
map Antwerp, Belgium
apartment Carnot Wing
nest_clock_farsight_analog Total duration: 14h00

Timezone: Europe, Amsterdam
Monday June 8 09:30 - 17:30
Tuesday June 9 09:30 - 17:30


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