event storming resources

Event Storming Resources

Event storming is a process of modelling software that works well with domain driven design principles. During an event storming session all involved parties get together and help model a domain, this helps everyone from the developer to the business decision makers understand the system and from a ubiquitous language ( common language). Event storming is just another modelling tool to help with quick design and development.

Articles

Event Storming 101: Accelerating Your Software Development in Domain-Driven Design This article covers the absolute basics of Event Storming what it is and how it is used.

Here is another short article about event sourcing. This article includes many useful links at the bottom.

 Videos

Alberto Brandolini – 50,000 Orange Stickies Later

This video is from the man who created the concept of Event Storming. In this video Alberto discusses how he invented this technique of Event Storming with PostIt notes. He describes and demonstrates how this sort of Brain Storming session is a great way to get all involved parties together.  This technique will help you more quickly and completely model your software. I’ll be writing about this technique in my articles about microservices with Scala.