Architecture Review (AS IS)

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Let´s understand and represent our current architecture. An architecture review is an activity for collective drawing a simple high level abstraction representation of the main components and its relationship.

 

When someone needs to evolve an architecture, they should be able to make it easily and quickly.

 

Step by step:

  1. decide the shapes and colors for representing the abstractions (e.g., a circle for UI components, a rectangle for service, a cylinder for data storage)
  2. draw the current architecture (AS IS)
  3. review and discuss

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Paulo Caroli is an author, speaker, and consultant specializing in agile transformations, Lean Inception, and OKRs. With over 30 years of experience—including nearly a decade in Silicon Valley and 18 years at ThoughtWorks—he has helped organizations transition from project to product and from strategy to execution. Creator of the Lean Inception methodology and author of bestselling books like Lean Inception and Team OKR, Paulo is dedicated to empowering teams to align, validate, and deliver real business value.
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