Xin has lived and breathed DDD for more than a decade. Drawing on her experiences, Xin makes a case for DDD’s rising relevance in a post-modern world, where aging companies struggle with aging software, while adding new software and complexity to their IT portfolio. With good attractor effect DDD is evolving from a software-centric design discipline to a multi-dimensional toolbox. Join Xin to reflect together on, how DDD can help us sustain meaning and productivity in a reality of vast sociotechnical complexity and constant change.

Target Audience: Software Professionals, Architects, Leaders, Agile Practitioners, Change Agents, Facilitators
Prerequisites: Basic DDD understanding; Prior DDD experience is not a must but helps understand the deeper message
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract:
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word DDD – Domain-Driven Design? The geeky technical patterns (Value object, Entity, Aggregate, etc.)? Walls decorated with colorful event storming stickies? A miracle cure to rescue change initiatives in large companies? Or are you thinking of a software development method born in the pre-cloud and pre-microservice era, which after 20 years is still struggling to gain traction?
Xin has lived and breathed DDD for more than a decade. In this talk, Xin makes a case for DDD’s rising relevance in a post-modern world, where aging companies struggle with aging software, while adding new software and complexity to their IT portfolio. The reflections will be grounded in solid DDD experiences and observations from the battlefield. With good attractor effect DDD can evolve from a software-centric design discipline to a multi-dimensional toolbox of thinking, modeling and collaboration techniques. You will be invited to explore DDD's value proposition and reflect upon how to leverage DDD’s strategic and tactical design approaches in your own context.
Globally, there is an increasing interest in DDD. Hope is evergreen for DDD to become a key ingredient in the magic potion for tackling the increasing complexity, not only at the heart of software, but also at the heart of sociotechnical organizations. How can DDD help us create meaning and productivity in a reality of multi-dimensional complexity and constant change? What’s in it for me? What’s in it for us?