Targeting Architects and Lead Engineers
Monday – Wednesday, March 2–4, 2026
Email us at info@clear-measure.com to get started.
Taught by Jeffrey Palermo, this hands-on bootcamp deepens your understanding of modern .NET architecture, DevOps, and engineering practices. It’s ideal for software engineers and architects looking to sharpen their skills and deliver better software, faster. Watch the video below to hear from past attendees.
| Day | Module / Activity | Details / Hands-On |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 Engineering Foundations & High-Performance Delivery Mon, Mar 2, 2026 | Warm-up | From Zero to First Commit in 10 Minutes |
| Module 1: DevOps Environment for Effective Software Delivery | • Continuous Integration Architecture Overview • Aligning Architecture with Business Strategy • The 3 Ways of DevOps Hands-on (Pair): Create a complete, robust automated build script | |
| Module 2: Organizing Work for Maximum Speed | • Estimating That Actually Works • Effective Design Strategies • Integrating Quality Control • Reporting Meaningful Metrics Hands-on (Team): Process design and mock sprint execution | |
| Module 3: Establishing High Software Quality | • Proven High-Quality Engineering Practices • Eliminating the Creation of Defects • Practices for Rapid Defect Resolution Hands-on (Pair): – Live feature coding with automated tests (test after) – Live feature coding using test-driven development (test first) | |
| Module 4: Achieving Rock-Solid Stability in Production Environments | • Frictionless, Reliable, and Automated Software Deployments • Practices for Effective Monitoring and Prevention of Issues • Practices for Rapidly Resolving Production Issues Hands-on (Pair): – Create automated deployment process to a test environment – Implement OpenTelemetry and a custom metric & custom event | |
| Day 2 Architecture, Leadership, and Team Optimization Tue, Mar 3, 2026 | Warm-up | Describe your current software environment and architecture to two others. |
| Module 5: Immersive, High-Throughput Software Engineering Simulation | • Feature Design, Decomposition, and Estimation • Feature Branching • Multi-Commit Coding of Features | |
| Module 6: Immersive Code Integration Exercises | • Proper Usage of Pull Requests • Objectively Evaluating Other Pull Requests • Producing New Team Builds • Automatically Deploying Across Environments to Production | |
| Module 7: Real-World Architecture Enhancements | • Philosophy of Architectural Decisions (How to Make Architectural Decisions) Hands-on (Team): Generate architecture options, debate, select, and implement Hands-on (Pair): Implement architectural changes while keeping software and deployments stable | |
| Day 3 Preparing for AI-Driven Development Wed, Mar 4, 2026 | Module 8: Preparing for AI-Driven Development | • Running Large Language Models Locally • Developing Software Features That Use LLMs • Test Automation Using LLMs • Using LLM Tools for the Development of Features Hands-on (Pair): Build a GenAI feature into the application |
| Wrap-up | Using the provided course checklist, assess your current software architecture, development environment, deployed environments, and processes. Identify improvements that would: ✓ Enhance clarity ✓ Increase quality ✓ Improve stability ✓ Increase speed of software delivery ✓ Optimize your software team |
Monday – Wednesday, March 2-4, 2026
Jeffrey Palermo will be the facilitator of this in-person course.
Instruction starts at 8:30 AM and will end at 5:30 PM each day.
Homework will be assigned.
There will be a 1.5 hour break for lunch each day.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be on your own. Water is provided.
As Clear Measure founder and Chief Architect, Jeffrey, a Microsoft MVP since 2006, is also the founder of the Azure & DevOps Podcast. Previously he was a founding board member of Agile Austin, the founder of AzureAustin, and a leader in the Austin .NET User Group.
Jeffrey is a well-known author and international public speaker. He has received 13 Most Valuable Professional awards from Microsoft and has spoken at industry conferences such as Microsoft TechEd, Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Build, DevTeach, VSLive, and various other regional conferences. Jeffrey has other books in the ASP.NET MVC in Action series as well as two video books on ASP.NET MVC and nearly a dozen magazine articles on various .NET development topics.
Jeffrey also loves conversations that involve: Jesus, motorcycles (KTM), Boy Scouts, military deployments, Texas A&M, and camping.
Training location: Lakeway Resort and Spa
If you have any questions at all while making your plans for attending, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Prior to enrollment: info@clear-measure.com
Following enrollment, our contact will be made available to you for any questions.
Located on the shores of Lake Travis, our 2-day training will be conducted at Lakeway Resort and Spa.
Our training is about 23 miles from Downtown Austin. Depending on traffic, plan for about a 50 minute drive into town.
Austin-Bergstrom Airport is about 30 miles - or 1 hour from Lakeway Resort and Spa.
Email us at info@clear-measure.com to get started.
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I came here to improve on some of the DevOps practices we've been using already. Maybe fill in some of the gaps. [When I go back to work ]One of the things I'm looking forward to is scripting out our environment setups because it is very time consuming and difficult to replicate.
Investment Analytics & Data Associate
[Our Deployment process] is definitely a pain point. ….There's a bunch of different ways that aren't standardized at all. The first thing I'll do [when I go back to work] is set up proper health checks. That looked like an easy first step to improve things.
Software Engineer
One of my main takeaways from this course is that clarity doesn’t just happen. Large teams need scaffolding and tools to ensure clarity is occurring.
Lead Developer & Technical Architect
AI-driven development is going to be a huge booster to our software development capabilities.
Software and Architecture Sr. Manager
