Episode 64: Luke Hohmann on Architecture and Business

In this episode we talk about the relationship between software
architecture and the business. Based on his book, Beyond Software
Architecture we discuss how things such as branding, licensing,
updating or different deployment scenarios influence the technical
architecture of a system. We also discuss issues such as
portability that add a huge amount of complexity, although from a
business perspective it often does not make much sense. In the
second part of the interview we discuss how the technical team and
the business team can improve the way they work together. We look
at some of the games (such as Buy a Feature or Give them a Hot Tub)
from his new book Innovation Games, which discusses how to use
collaborative play to be more creative and innovative in product
creation.