Modern organisations want faster feedback, lower risk, and earlier business value — yet many initiatives are still delivered too late, too big, and with too little learning along the way.
Incremental development addresses this problem directly. Instead of building “everything at once”, work is sliced into very small, meaningful growth stages that deliver value early, create learning opportunities, and allow teams to pivot based on real feedback.
In this intense and highly interactive half-day workshop, Alistair Cockburn shows how to finely slice initiatives and systems for maximum business effect in the shortest possible time. Participants experience why early and staged delivery works, how to design increments that matter, and how this approach fundamentally changes decision-making, risk, and outcomes.
The workshop is deliberately held from a business perspective, making it equally relevant for business roles and technical roles working together.
The learning is visceral. Business people and programmers alike leave the workshop with a new appreciation for the value of fine-grained development — and with practical skills they can apply immediately in their own context.
This workshop is also available as a full-day format, with Incremental Development in Detail in the morning followed by Hexagonal Architecture in the afternoon—together forming a coherent end-to-end experience.
Vienna
18 May 2026
09:00 – 12:30 CET
(Half Day Workshop)
Price
EUR 500
Price excl. VAT
Course Materials: All required course materials are provided to support you during and after the training.
Catering: Enjoy beverages and snacks during the workshop to enhance your learning experience.
The course is relevant for all roles and all levels.
It is especially valuable for:
This is a fun, intense, and highly interactive half-day workshop.
Participants work with a deliberately simple business problem — such as calculating the price of a product using a spreadsheet or a small program. The technical difficulty is intentionally low. The real challenge lies elsewhere.
Participants learn how to:
The core exercise consists of five 8-minute rounds, where pairs or small teams:
This fast-paced exercise creates visceral learning. Participants leave with a deep, practical understanding of why fine-grained incremental development works — and why it is often harder than expected.
When programmers are present, they may use their own development environments instead of spreadsheets, ideally paired with business participants. All slicing decisions remain business-driven, not technology-driven.
This workshop is also available as a full-day format, with Incremental Development in Detail in the morning followed by Hexagonal Architecture in the afternoon—together forming a coherent end-to-end experience.
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
09:00 – 12:30 CET
Half Day Workshop
Price
EUR 500
Price excl. VAT
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