{"id":14777,"date":"2022-02-03T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/?p=14777"},"modified":"2025-04-25T15:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T13:05:50","slug":"blog-uwe-friedrichsen-session-essential-architectural-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/blog-uwe-friedrichsen-session-essential-architectural-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Architectural Thinking \u2013 Why, What, How, When and How Much? | Session by Uwe Friedrichsen at SAG 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14777\" class=\"elementor elementor-14777\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9404bc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9404bc7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067ebfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-22086 elementor-widget-isaqb_widget_pagetitle\" data-id=\"067ebfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"isaqb_widget_pagetitle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"isaqb-pagetitle\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ipt-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Blog<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subtitle\">iSAQB Software Architecture Gathering 2025\u200b<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6bda0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6bda0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6af393\" data-id=\"e6af393\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d477cfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d477cfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/uwe-friedrichsen\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Uwe_Friedrichsen-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11731\" alt=\"Uwe Friedrichsen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473112e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"473112e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/uwe-friedrichsen\/\">Uwe Friedrichsen<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-696261f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"696261f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.isaqb.org\/software-architecture-gathering\/bert-jan-schrijver\/\"><span style=\"color: rgb(105, 105, 105); 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