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The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered the landscape of work, pushing knowledge workers into a predominantly remote environment and establishing a new, enduring hybrid work model. This shift has transformed workplace flexibility from a privilege to an essential right, greatly influencing personal well-being and productivity. However, the transition to hybrid work rhythm is not without its challenges. Increased remote working can potentially disrupt workflows, reduce overall efficiency, complicate onboarding processes, and fragment knowledge networks and awareness of what is going on across work units. Based on the insights from studying multiple organisations in Sweden and Norway, this talk will critically examine the dual nature of remote working—highlighting both the increased autonomy for individuals and the resultant challenges faced by software architects. Special attention will be given to effective strategies that reconcile individual flexibility with the need for team cohesion and understanding "the big picture”. Join us to learn how to create a well-functioning hybrid rhythm that supports both personal well-being and robust group orientation.

Darja Smite is a professor of Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology, a part-time research scientist at SINTEF in Norway and an independent consultant. She leads research efforts focusing on remote and hybrid working. Her research interests include distributed development and outsourcing, productivity measurement, organizational culture, teamwork, self-organisation, innovative behaviours and well-being. Darja Smite conducts research in close collaboration with companies, including Ericsson, Spotify, Telenor, Storebrand and SONY among others. Before her academic career she has been working in software industry in Latvia.

Digital Business Ecosystem implies several distinctive features including the heterogeneity of involved actors, their interdependence in the exchange of resources, the dynamic nature of their relationships, and the need for self-organization. To successfully design and develop such ecosystems, it is essential to clearly define the business scope, delineate the roles and responsibilities of each participating company, organization and individual, map out their interactions and dependencies, and leverage a range of underlying technologies and diverse data. Furthermore, this process must include an assessment of the ecosystem's resilience, gauging its ability to achieve its objectives in the face of challenges. This involves identifying and modeling resilience indicators to ensure the ecosystem's capacity to adapt and thrive under changing conditions

Jelena Zdravkovic is a Professor and Head of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) department at Stockholm University (SU). She has a Ph.D. in Computer and Systems Sciences at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), as well as the MBA degree in E-commerce. Jelena’s research activities are centered to the requirements engineering discipline, with current focus to digital ecosystems and digital twins. She has participated in several national and international projects on related to system interoperability, capability and service modelling, and model-driven engineering. Jelena has published over 100 refereed papers in international conferences and scientific journals. She served in the Editorial Board of Springer’s RE and BISE Journals, as well as she is a guest editor and reviewer for a number of other international journals including Springer’s Software and Systems Modeling, Elsevier’s Data & Knowledge Engineering and Information Systems, and IEEE Computing. Jelena has organized a number of international conferences and workshops in the IS Engineering discipline, and she serves in the program committees of many of them. For more details, one can visit Jelena’s profile at Stockholm University.