Dear <familiar_name_here>,
Congratulations! You have been selected to establish a new colony
on Architecture Island! Your skills in software design have made
you a highly valued member of our crew. As a software architect,
we imagine you'll want to bring a few books and other resources
with you. Unfortunately, due to cargo restrictions, it is not
possible for you to bring all the architecture, design, and
programming books from your personal library. There is only
enough room for the most important information.
Please report to the SATURN docking bay 94 in Pittsburgh, PA on
May 6 to finalize preparations before your journey. Welcome
to the crew!
Warm regards,
George and Michael
Architecture Island Expedition Leaders
The premise of this workshop is simple. Our goal is to identify the most important concepts, ideas, strategies, methods, patterns, and so on, that all software engineers must know about software architecture. While the premise is simple, achieving our goal will be challenging. During the SATURN 2018 workshop on growing great designers we were rather alarmed to see that the list of “required reading for software architects” easily resulted in a person sized tower of paper. Indeed, surveys on Twitter and elsewhere have turned up a similarly long lifetime of reading. We can do better. We must do better.
During the workshop we’ll explore what makes software architecture unique, important, and indispensable to building great software. By the end of the workshop we will have distilled the collective wisdom of the group down to it’s essential core. Participants will have the opportunity to share their reflection, takeaways, and lessons as lightning talks throughout the SATURN conference.
The workshop will take place on Monday, May 6, 2019 in Pittsburgh, PA during the SATURN 2019 conference on software architecture. Workshop participants are required to be registered for SATURN 2019.
Important Dates
- Workshop RSVP - April 22, 2019
- Position papers deadline - April 29, 2019
- Workshop - May 6, 2019 @ 8:30 AM
More Information
- How to Join the Workshop
- Reference Material to help Prepare for the Workshop
- Tentative Workshop Agenda
Software Quality through Distributed Decision Making by Thijmen de Gooijer
Five Things all Software Architects Need to Understand by Len Bass
The 15th SEI Architecture Technology User Network (SATURN) Conference — the longest-running software architecture conference in the world — brings together influential leaders and experts to discuss architecture-centric practices for developing, acquiring, and maintaining software-reliant systems. Architects from more than 20 countries meet annually at SATURN to share ideas, network, and learn about new and existing technologies.
Past Workshops