Published 27 Feb 2026
Duration: 2761
Software design is framed as a continuous decision-making process that requires considering stakeholder needs, business requirements, and context, while emphasizing the importance of clarity, communication, and collaboration throughout development.
This conversation was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen 2025. https://gotocph.com Sam Newman - Author of Building Microservices & Monolith to Microservices...
The podcast episode explores software design as an ongoing decision-making process that spans all stages of development, not just architecture or coding. It stresses the need to consider stakeholder needs, business goals, and contextual factors, and highlights the importance of effectively communicating these decisions throughout the organization. The discussion includes the use of Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to document and share decisions, ensuring clarity and traceability, while acknowledging the difficulty of maintaining up-to-date documentation in fast-moving environments. The episode also underscores the value of communication strategies like repetition across different channels and visual aids to help disseminate and adopt decisions successfully.
The role of architects is presented as collaborative and facilitative, promoting teamwork rather than imposing top-down control. The conversation also touches on the challenge of aligning enterprise architecture with agile practices and adapting to evolving organizational needs. Overall, the episode emphasizes that software design is a dynamic, communicative, and decision-driven aspect of development that requires clarity, alignment, and adaptability across all levels of an organization.
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