Ruth Malan
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ConsultingI am a senior consultant with Bredemeyer Consulting. I work primarily with architects (from enterprise architects and chief architects, to system and product architects and tech leads) and with teams, on system and software architecture and design. This work depends on the point in the system lifecycle -- ranging from strategy and design incubator work in early stages, to architecture assessment and renewal for legacy systems. We coach architects and teams, help document architecture for teams moving through rapid transitions, facilitate technology strategy and/or architectural design sessions and reviews, and more. We also help design design (how to integrate architecture and agile, for your teams) and we help design architect development programs, with a combination of training and mentoring. TrainingPrices are given as [early enrollment price/enrollment price]
Architecture Workshops Architecture encompasses strategically and structurally significant system design decisions -- decisions that impact agility, system integrity and sustainability (in technical, economic, organizational, and environmental terms). System design addresses key challenges and tradeoffs, to create systems with the desired capabilities and properties taking into account customers and users as well as operations and development teams. Moreover, these systems are co-evolving within broader socio-technical systems. It is demanding work with a lot riding on guiding and informing decisions that impact the system as it evolves. While experience is a critical base on which to build, training can be useful, drawing out what's been learned as it applies to systems design, and adding concepts, techniques and heuristics to that base. Our workshops focus on system design, and the role of architects (whatever their title, for developers and tech leads may be doing system design). Our (enterprise, system and software, respectively) architecture workshops have an emphasis on situated learning, where small teams work on creating a draft architecture, drawing on the models and guidance in visual architecting. We work iteratively, and weave concepts and architecting techniques into lectures/discussion that bookend work sessions. Hence, the order of lecture topics is driven by the concerns that are being addressed at that point in the architecting work. This makes it a "non-traditional" format, but it is one that works well, addressing topics in practical context.We primarily run in-house workshops, with a few of open enrollment workshops each year. Contact me for availability and pricing if you would like to explore running our workshop (remotely, at this point) with your team: Ruth Malan at bredemeyer.com Design Leadership and Other Skills Workshops When we talk about design leadership, we mean it in both senses — design leadership in the market, and design leadership in the organization. In this workshop, we explore what that means and how we develop design excellence and leadership in ourselves, and nurture it in our teams. Our workshops combine a base in theory with practice elements, working in small teams. We cover essential topics in system design; strategic context understanding and shaping; organizational skills including communication and influence; and how to be a more effective technical leader.
We also run shorter versions, focused on Technical Leadership, Systems Design for multifunctional teams, etc. Our masterclasses are designed to be standalone, but form good companion classes in a curriculum for architects, product owners and product managers, senior UX designers, and senior developers. CTOs and CIOs may be interested, as it creates a common basis of understanding with other technical leaders on their teams. Contact me for availability and pricing if you'd like to run any of our masterclasses or workshops in-house: Ruth Malan |
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Workshop Feedback and Reviews "I have taken the software architecture workshop and the technical leadership masterclass. I highly recommend signing up for this series if possible - Ruth's insights have transformed the way I think, how I communicate, and how I design systems." -- Phillip Johnston "Bredemeyer's software architecture workshop was hands down my most valuable educational experience." -- Phillip Johnston "I attended one of Ruth Malan’s architectural thinking classes around 2010. It was one of the best investments I made in my own development." -- Sheldon Cuffie "I use what I learned from y'all every day" -- Eric S. "I’d strongly recommend this course to both aspiring and practicing architects [..]. I consider the Bredemeyer course to be one of the best professional investments I have ever made and I absolutely intend to make more." -- Mark Mullin (linkedIN) "I took @ruthmalan's software architecture workshop in the fall. We collaborated in teams to solve a business problem then compared our approaches and outcomes. So much learning." -- Susan Almon "I attended @ruthmalan ’s arch workshop in late April, it was awesome!" -- Indu Alagarsamy "I wanted to find out about scheduling [..] the architecture workshop. I got so much out of it that I use everyday and I want my new team to get the training” -- Chris (email) "I took this course 10+ years ago. Still use what I learned on a daily basis." -- Eelco Rommes "Many thanks to the 2 of you for the great course! I really enjoyed all the insights and thoughts from everyone!" -- Alexander Technical Leadership Masterclass Feedback "one of the engineers on my team brought back awesomely useful knowledge from this technical leadership class by @ruthmalan !" -- @natasha "I’ll be back! I enjoyed every minute and the materials are fantastic" -- Paula Paul "@ruthmalan and @DanaBredemeyer ’s technical leadership masterclass has meaningful material delivered with context that’s both relevant and thought provoking for rising leaders. Their sage wisdom with references has altered my professional reading list for several months to come." -- Michael Wojciechowski "the class, format, and the materials were fantastic. I learned immensely and also validated some previous thoughts. Already using the learning and the materials for a Tech Lead group I run at work. Looking into the architecture class in Chicago in October." -- Martin Bertolino "I’ve attended a fantastic workshop today on how to be a better technical leader from @ruthmalan ! It is applicable for folks on all levels of the technical leadership journey. Highly recommend and thank you, Ruth!" -- Ksenia "Yesterday was finally there, a technical leadership masterclass with @ruthmalan @DanaBredemeyer ! So much vast amount of wisdom we are just catching up with them. And so many people I follow on Twitter joined as well sharing knowledge, such a pleasure to just be in that zoom alone" -- Kenny Baas-Schwegler "@ruthmalan['s] Technical Leadership workshop is awesome." -- Josué ContactMastodon: @RuthMalan@mastodon.social Twitter: @RuthMalan LinkedIn: Ruth Malan Email: Ruth Malan
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