The Sync: Alexei Miller & Allan Wellenstein Discuss How to Plan for the Unknown in Software Design
Channel: DataArt | Software Engineering
Date: 2020-06-18

In this episode, Alexei Miller, Managing Director at DataArt, continues his conversation about designing software systems with Allan Wellenstein, the founder and leader of Solution Design at DataArt. They discuss how projects can start and progress in the times of uncertainties and how to think about a business case, even though so much is always unknown about the future. 

00:00 – The Sync.
01:09 – Types of businesses and their strategies during COVID and post-COVID and why being an agile business is one of the best strategies nowadays. 
04:10 – The importance of urgent reaction to the changing world.
05:15 – Corporate VPN as a choke point and how cloud could help.
06:35 – Designing the systems and predictions for business – what have changed and how clients react to this.
08:06 – Building processes across departments in business and why it’s important not just to build the whole system but constantly change it. 
09:50 – Predictions for real in-life communications.

Previous sync: 
Episode #1 Now and Near Future of the Travel Industry https://youtu.be/AGuWXuDw66Q
Episode #2 The Role and Principles of Solution Design https://youtu.be/zyrrNEQSkVU
Episode #3 What People Are Betting on When There's No Sports https://youtu.be/KDt5DWUDrwU 
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