The path to evolutionary architectures lies with architects and developers building and maintaining architectural fitness functions–the mechanics of evolutionary architecture. The most advanced flavor of that is fitness function-driven architecture–building the governance safety net before building the architecture. However, architects struggled in the past with the variety and specificity required to build and maintain this safety net. With the advent of Agentic AI and MCP, architects now have a way of advertising capabilities and allowing agentic AI to glue together the data and facilities architects need for governance. This session highlights how architecture will encapsulate Agentic AI to allow more sophisticated architectural governance, allowing teams to build more powerful systems with confidence.
Neal Ford is a Distinguished Engineer at ThoughtWorks, a global IT consultancy with a focus on end-to-end software development and delivery. He is also the designer and developer of applications, articles, video/DVD presentations, and author and/or editor of an increasingly large number of books spanning a variety of subjects and technologies, including the most recent Presentation Patterns. His professional focus includes designing and building of large-scale enterprise applications. He is also an internationally acclaimed speaker, speaking at over 300 developer conferences worldwide, delivering more than 2000 presentations. You can email Neal at nford at thoughtworks.com. The purpose of this site is twofold. First, it is an informational site about my professional life, including appearances, articles, presentations, etc. For this type of information, consult the news page (this page) and the Biography page. The second purpose for this site is to serve as a forum for the things I enjoy and want to share with the rest of the world. This includes (but is not limited to) reading (Book Club), Triathlon, and Music. This material is highly individualized and all mine! Please feel free to browse around. I hope you are entertained and enlightened by what you find.
