ADAConf 2025 - Workshops

Many organisations jump straight into implementing a solution without a clear picture of the problem they are trying to solve. This can be especially challenging when designing software solutions for business domains with complex rules and processes. If you are

1. Getting stakeholders, product managers and the team on the same page with the problem to solve and how the new software feature should work
2. Identifying potential boundaries for application subsystems to enable teams and software to scale
3. Exploring a particular line of business or value stream to identify streamlining and automation opportunities
4. Mapping capabilities in a legacy system to support a cloud migration strategy
5. Looking for ways to improve an existing business capability
6. Discovery and design work for a new business capability or software feature
7. Challenging a proposed software solution by modelling the domain several different ways
8. Onboarding new staff by collaboratively visualising a key business process

It might be time to do some EventStorming! EventStorming is a technique for rapidly modelling a process, both business experts and software developers creating a model together. It’s like fast-forwarding into the future to see how a complicated business process works, so you can get on the same page and address critical issues before you go to the time and expense of writing the actual software.In this workshop we will practice applying EventStorming, reflecting on your learning and questions as we go deeper into the techniques. Our goal is for you to leave the workshop energised and ready to put into practice what you've learned.

Key Takeaways

• Explain the kinds of problems EventStorming is optimized for
• Practice EventStorming a narrative together
• Identify key events, swimlanes, and other emergent structure as software boundary guides
• Make process problems and unknowns visible
• Enrich an EventStorming timeline with users and systems
• Visualise significant business policies
• Apply techniques for successful workshop facilitation in your organisation

Recommended

• Prefer comfortable clothing and shoes. There is going to be a lot of walking and moving
• No laptops needed.