Alistair's Hexagonal Tour, May 2026

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Alistair's "Hexagonal Tour", May 2026

• Århus, DK, May 13: Half-day Elephant Carpaccio, Full-day Hexagonal Architecture
• Vienna, May 18: Half-day Elephant Carpaccio, Full-day Hexagonal Architecture
• Vienna, May 21-22: Two-day Heart of Agile
• NOTE - replanned for autumn -  Utrecht NL, May 29:  Half-day Elephant Carpaccio, Full-day Hexagonal Architecture
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From business decisions to architecture: enabling incremental growth end to end

The full-day workshop combines Incremental Development, including the infamous "Elephant Carpaccio" exercise, and Hexagonal Architecture or Ports & Adapters into one coherent learning experience, because many organisations struggle -- not because they lack ideas or technical skill -- but because initiatives grow too large, too complex, and too rigid before real learning can occur.

In the morning, learn how to slice initiatives into very small, valuable increments that reduce risk, generate early feedback, and support better decision-making. These slices are generated for purely business reasons. Come learn not only how, but more importantly, why to to work in fine-grained increments. 

In the afternoon, come to understand Hexagonal Architecture in your organization by building a small application using Hexagonal Architecture. Experience how architecture can actively support incremental development instead of constraining it.

The workshop deliberately connects business thinking and technical design. Decisions and learning come first; architecture follows as an enabler. Participants experience how fine-grained delivery, testing, and architecture reinforce each other when done deliberately.

Additionally, we are learning that the way to keep AI/LLMs in check is by using exactly these techniques: very fine-grained incremental development with Hexagonal Architecture.

Who is this training for?

The morning half-day workshop on Incremental Development with the Elephant Carpaccio  exerciseis relevant for all roles and all levels: Executives and business leaders learn why to work in small phases and deliveries, Business stakeholders learn to guide initiatives and investments, Programmers and technical specialists learn to reduce risk by programming in even smaller stages.

This full-day Hexagonal Architecture workshop is designed primarily for technical participants,mid-level programmers, senior developers, software architects who want to influence the journey from business decisions to architecture and delivery, and use the ultra-fine-grained incremental development techniques and architecture needed to keep LLMs on track.

The two-day Heart of Agile  workshop is for all roles, all levels, from executives to business people, managers, programmers alike. The course picks out the magic that increases the effectiveness of teams: Collaborating, Delivering, Reflecting and Improving. The workshop does not contain or recommend any framework or process; rather, it focuses on how any team can get better results.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Bio of the instructor:

Dr. Alistair Cockburn (pronounced CO-BURN) was named as one of the “42 Greatest Software Professionals of All Times“ in 2020, as a world expert on methodologies, project management, software architecture, use cases and agile development. He co-authored both the Agile Manifesto and the Project Management Declaration of Inter-dependence. Since 2015 he has been working on expanding agile to cover every kind of initiative, including social impact project, governments, and families.