Listen "Enterprise Architects at Bol"
Episode Synopsis
Ever wondered who guides the technical direction for a company with over 1,300 microservices? In this episode, we sit down with Enterprise Architects Eleanor and Alexandra to demystify their role. We explore how they bring structure to massive scale, enable smarter decisions with Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and why they believe that at bol.com, every engineer is an architect.What this episode covers• What Enterprise Architecture actually is at bol.com • From chaos to clarity: How ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) stop the "Who decided this?!" debates • Measuring architecture fitness: Using data to score encapsulation and reduce team coupling • The RAPID model: How we make big, enterprise-level decisions in weeks, not months • AI as the 6th team member: How we use AI to automate documentation and create podcastsWant to know more about the persona based model? Alexandra and Elinor created an AI generated episode on this topic! Have a listen here:• Persona Based Architecture - AI Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMi9us1Gd4M
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