Facilitating Software Architecture: Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions

In this talk, Andrew will explore key concepts from his book, fostering decentralized sociotechnical systems, emphasizing the importance of embracing imperfection in decision-making, and combating cognitive biases like the framing effect. He will highlight the shift to prioritizing learning, adaptability, and small, fast iterations in socio-technical systems.

Andrew will also discuss psychological safety as vital for empowering teams to innovate while maintaining accountability, advocating for experimentation and collective ownership of evolving codebases. He will underline the importance of balancing creativity and structure to build resilient, adaptive systems that thrive in complexity.