Hexagonal, or more correctly called "Ports & Adapters" architecture is as misunderstood as it is popular to quote.

This is the goal: "Create your application to work without either a UI or a database so you can run automated regression-tests against it, change connected technologies, protect it from leaks between business logic and technologies, work when the database becomes unavailable, and link applications together."

In this one-day workshop, learn how to do it properly.

The day starts with reviewing "decisions as inventory", how they build up to cause delays and costs in your organization. That section of the day climaxes with the infamous "Elephant Carpaccio" exercise, in which you have to ship code every 8 minutes! Intense, but you learn how and why to do nano-incremental development.

We apply that in the afternoon to the "hexagonal" question (Why is it a hexagon? You'll learn why.) The afternoon starts with the 'why' of the architecture, what pains drove it to be constructed, how to do it in Java and Ruby, the advantages and disadvantages.

But learning comes from programming, not listening. The afternoon is for programming. We start with a small problem, which you will program in your favorite language (bring your environment), acceptance-test-first, in nano-increments. You will create the architecture run by tests, then plug in new drivers and drivens of your choice, and learn how easy that becomes.

You will show your code, how you set it up in folders and tests. If you come with colleagues, you will have a chance to discuss and set up team conventions for your project.

Get your questions answered, and go home with running, tested, properly Ports & Adapters sample code.

You will get two Heart of Agile Academy Level A certificates from this workshop: one for the Elephant Carpaccio exercise, and one for Hexagonal Architecture.

AI speeds delivery by x100, but happens to the team? Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve - it's still about the people.

Don't think about the ceremonies. Those you take on and off like trying on clothes. They don't contain the magic.

Focus on the quality of collaboration. AI changes the conversations, but how? And how do you improve level of trust in the team? Deliver. Super fast, I get it, but how are you getting your feedback? Pause. Reflect: Where do you really want to go? Improve: How do you course correct and improve your team?

AI changes things, but it's still about the's trust and amicability, people's willingness to collaborate, their ability to reflect and improve. These are core.

Join as prolific author, technical expert, and insightful teacher Dr. Alistair Cockburn leads this unique masterclass in team effectiveness. Spend a day with one of the authors of the Agile Manifesto and get your hardest questions answered. Learn 18 ways to improve collaboration; learn three steps that lead micro-improvements to become macro-improvements; have fun along the way.