Tell me why - About the purpose of architectural work

We face lots of often fierce and confusing debates about architectural work - not only in the agile community. But while all the people endlessly argue about the what, how, when and how much, they forget to ask the most important question: Why?

Why are we doing architectural work in the first place? What is its purpose? Answering this question would render more than 90% of all the debates pointless.

Hence, let us try to answer this long forgotten question. In this session, we will examine the question from different points of view which will lead us to surprising answers.

After this session, you will most likely think differently about architectural work and be ready to find your own answers regarding the other questions - without heated and confusing debates.