Architect Cafe #10 - Cloud Crafters .3

A special edition of Architect Cafe specifically for the Team Rockstars Cloud label, bringing together cloud architects for genuine conversations about real-world challenges. The evening will emphasize Lencioni's five-factor pyramid for team collaboration while exploring pressing cloud architecture dilemmas through interactive breakout sessions.

Event Overview

Team Collaboration Framework

The session will open with Lencioni's five-factor pyramid for effective team collaboration, applied specifically to cloud architecture practice. This framework will highlight the importance of trust building among team members, healthy conflict and debate, commitment to decisions, accountability for results, and focus on collective outcomes.

Discussion Topics

Participants will explore five critical cloud architecture challenges in small group settings:

Event-Driven Architecture & Privacy will focus on personal data protection in pub-sub models, GDPR compliance in distributed systems, and best practices for maintaining privacy in event-driven architectures.

Digital Sovereignty will examine independence in interconnected digital environments, managing vendor dependencies, and navigating data residency and compliance requirements.

Legacy API Migration will address the challenges of migrating to modern API variants, strategies for gradual modernization, and balancing innovation with stability in existing systems.

FinOps will explore cost management without hindering innovation, cloud spend optimization techniques, and creating a cost-aware culture across development teams.

Cloud-Agnostic Landing Zones will cover building future-ready infrastructure, implementing multi-cloud strategies, and avoiding vendor lock-in through thoughtful architecture design.

Agenda

18:00 - 18:30
Welcome & Networking

18:30 - 19:00
Opening Presentation: Lencioni's Five-Factor Pyramid

19:00 - 20:00
Breakout Sessions: Cloud Architecture Dilemmas

20:00 - 20:30
Group Presentations & Discussion

20:30 - 21:00
Closing Remarks & Networking