Talk (50min)Introductory
Rework is Just Discovery You Paid For Twice
Antwerp, Belgium
Rework feels like a technical problem. It's usually a discovery problem - insights that arrived too late to be cheap.
EventStorming is collaborative discovery on a wall - business experts and developers modeling a process together as domain events on a timeline. It's deceptively simple, but something powerful happens when the people who know the questions meet the people who know the answers, exploring together what they thought they already understood.
In this session, you'll learn:
- Why modeling behavior over time reveals what data models and architecture diagrams hide
- How to surface hidden complexity before it surfaces in production
- The questions that unlock stuck conversations and expose risky assumptions
- Why starting messy gets you to clarity faster
- Practical techniques to run your first EventStorming session next week
You'll leave with a concrete approach for shared understanding that turns weeks of meetings into hours on a wall.
About Paul Rayner
Consultant, Author, CEO of Virtual Genius
Paul Rayner is a seasoned software design consultant with over 35 years of experience helping organizations tackle complex software challenges. As CEO of Virtual Genius (https://virtualgenius.com) and founder and Co-Chair of Explore DDD (https://exploreddd.com), Paul specializes in EventStorming facilitation and Domain-Driven Design, working with teams worldwide to discover better solutions through collaborative modeling and strategic design.
His approach combines deep technical expertise with exceptional facilitation skills, enabling diverse teams—from business stakeholders to developers—to explore complex domains together and align on what to build next. Paul believes the best software solutions emerge from collaborative discovery, not top-down mandates.
Through workshops, training, and coaching engagements, Paul has helped organizations from startups to Fortune 500 companies improve their software design practices, modernize legacy systems, and build more maintainable, business-aligned software architectures.