Fighting the big ball of mud! And what does the design phase really look like? Today we have two industry experts sharing their experiences to our group.
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## From Wants to Needs: Exploring the Design Phase in Domain-Driven Design
Domain Driven Design has been around a while, but there aren’t many examples of what “Exploration” and “Design” phases looks like.
In this talk, I’ll walk through a few examples from a real-life scenario. The talk will explain a real operational problem, describe what the Users wanted, and how we discovered what they really needed.
### About Vijay Patel (Principal Consultant, Envivo Consulting)
Vijay Patel is an experienced software consultant with over 25 years in software engineering, including 15 years in premier motorsports. He specialises in Domain-Driven Design, complex business applications, and rapid prototyping. Through his consultancy, Envivo Consulting, Vijay helps organisations accelerate their discovery and design phases by turning complex business domains into working software models.
His approach blends technical expertise with practical, real-world experience, enabling teams to move from abstract concepts to executable designs with clarity and speed.
## Fight the Big Ball of Mud with Business Capability Mapping
Are your systems drifting into a Big Ball of Mud? In this talk, I’ll show how Business Capability Mapping can uncover and resolve unclear domain boundaries in large, multi-team projects - without disrupting progress. I’ll share how we applied this approach across 10+ teams to gain alignment, reduce complexity and keep our architecture clean and scalable. Walk away with practical techniques to break free from architectural chaos, keep your teams aligned and your projects on track.
### About Jen Wallace (Lead Consultant Developer/Thoughtworks)
Jen is a Technical Lead and aspiring architect, currently working as a consultant with Thoughtworks. With over a dozen years of experience, Jen has led teams across numerous domains and technology stacks, and has worked with clients worldwide. Her interests include building diverse, high performing teams and bridging the business-technical gap - helping engineers effectively communicate their ideas, architectures and designs with non-technical stakeholders and vice-versa. Jen is also an active advocate for greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology industry, volunteering her time and experience to further the cause.
A big thanks to Thoughtworks for hosting the event. Also thank you to The Ministry of Software Design for organising.
## Refreshments
Attendees can bring your own refreshments to the event - “brown bag” style - sandwiches, fruit, drinks bottles or similar. There will be snacks and drinks including chocolates, biscuits, sweets. There are free soft drinks and coffee.
## Agenda
- 6:00pm: Arrive for networking - snacks & drinks only
- 6:30pm: Talks begin
- 8:30pm: Finish
## Recording
Photos and video will be taken at the event. We are intending to publish the presentations including the Q&As (technology gods permitting).
## Tickets
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