| CFP closed at | June 15, 2020 18:00 UTC |
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Building Resilient Organizations & Systems
Adapting to changing circumstances has become more and more important over the last years. Especially now we see the value of the ability to quickly scale up or down your cost in relation to the revenue, to make sure your organization can continue to function with people working remotely and to change your business model and re-think the way you are operating. This calls for great creativity and flexibility of the people in an organization, but also for robustness in the design of organizations and their supporting systems.
In this year’s edition of DADD we focus on what it means to be resilient and what is needed to achieve such goals.
CFP Description
In this year’s edition of DADD we focus on what it means to be resilient and what is needed to achieve such goals at the business and IT level. For a full description see Topics
- Soft skills: under conditions of uncertainty and (potential) disruptions, it is key that professionals know how to collaborate and make a change when the pressure is on. Soft skills are an essential ingredient to do so effectively.
- Business continuity: when disruptive changes occur, organizations cannot simply close shop for a while to reorient themselves on the new reality. Being able to adapt and change continually is a key capability for guaranteeing business continuity. This implies that business continuity goals should be an important driver for architects and decision makers alike.
- Operating resilient systems: more and more systems are being moved to the cloud or (re) designed based on Cloud-Native principles. This enables to more easily scale up/down when demand changes, continuously deliver new functionality and deliver high availability. Using the right platforms allows organizations to focus on their core competencies to add business value. When multiple systems come into play, the overall robustness is still a challenge. Several good patterns and practices are available to help tackle this complexity and make your systems more resilient.
- Top technology trends: new technologies are said to (briefly) offer competitive advantage. But, when everyone implements these technologies, how sustainable is this advantage? How can organizations prepare for the future by learning from trendsetters? What are the key trends with which you can differentiate today?
- Managing and valorising data: data rules the world and is an important asset for both organizations and individuals. How can organizations and individuals master their data and create value with it? And how do we balance concerns between the two? For architects the key is to design robust data infrastructures that enable solutions that do justice to both perspectives.