Incremental Development & Hexagonal Architecture

From business decisions to architecture: enabling incremental growth end to end

Incremental Development & Hexagonal Architecture

Workshop Description

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.

This full-day workshop combines Incremental Development and Hexagonal Architecture (Ports & Adapters) into one coherent learning experience.

In the morning, participants learn how to slice initiatives into very small, valuable increments that reduce risk, generate early feedback, and support better decision-making.
In the afternoon, they apply these insights by building a small application using Hexagonal Architecture — experiencing 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.

Participation option

This workshop day can be attended in three ways:

What will you learn in this training?

Dates

18

May 2026

Vienna 
18 May 2026
09:00 – 16:30 CET
(Full Day Workshop)

Price
EUR 800
Price excl. VAT

Key learnings

What are the Key Questions?

How do we design initiatives so that value is delivered sooner — not just later?
How small do increments need to be to maximise learning and business impact?
How can software architecture actively support incremental development instead of slowing it down?

Target audience

Who is this training for?

This workshop is designed for mixed groups of business and technical participants who want to understand the full journey from decisions to delivery and architecture.

It is especially valuable for:

Target Audience: Executives and business leaders

Executives and business leaders

Target Audience: Product Managers and Product Owners

Product Managers and Product Owners

Target Audience: Software Architects

Software Architects and Senior Developers

Target Audience: Technical Lead

Technical Leads

Target Audience: Mixed Group of business and technical participants

Teams working across business and technology

The workshop works best when business and technical perspectives are present together, as discussions and exercises explicitly connect decisions, delivery, and architecture.

Training format & exercise

Incremental Development & Hexagonal Architecture

The full-day workshop consists of two tightly connected sessions, separated by a lunch break.

Morning session (9:00–12:30):
Incremental Development in Detail

Participants work with a deliberately simple business problem and learn how to:

  • slice initiatives into 15–20 growth stages
  • design increments that:
    • reduce risk
    • deliver value
    • generate learning
    • allow pivoting based on feedback

The core exercise consists of five timed delivery rounds, creating visceral learning about the benefits and tensions of fine-grained incremental development.

Afternoon session (13:30–16:30):
Hexagonal Architecture (Ports & Adapters)

Participants use the insights from the morning to build and evolve a small application using Hexagonal Architecture.

The session includes:

  • introduction to the origin, motivation, and structure of the pattern
  • hands-on, mob-programming-style development
  • building a reference application in 3–6 micro-slices
  • acceptance-test-driven development
  • reflection on architectural decisions and trade-offs

Participants experience how architecture emerges and evolves when incremental development is taken seriously.

Environment setup

For the hands-on programming exercises, a prepared development environment (including version control and testing) is provided by TechTalk and used as a shared reference during the workshop.

Participants are not required to prepare or install a development environment in advance.

Trainer

Dr. Alistair Cockburn

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.

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Our courses have a limited number of participants.

There is the possibility of a multi-booking discount for bookings of 2 or more people. If required, please indicate this on the registration form.

Vienna
18 May 2026
Half Day Workshop
09:00 – 16:30 CET
(Full Day Workshop)

Price
EUR 800
Price excl. VAT

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