Pre-conference workshops have limited capacity and are sold separately from conference tickets.

This full-day, hands-on workshop guides participants through a complete Data Mesh Lean Transformation, following the exact step-by-step flow described in Paulo Caroli’s article “Guiding Data Mesh Lean Transformations: A Full Workshop Facilitation Example”.

Using a shared sample domain, participants will experience how to:

• select a suitable domain to onboard into the mesh,

• compare and prioritise multiple use cases,

• identify and map data products,

• thin-slice a prioritised use case through further Discovery, and

• run a Lean Inception to define an MVP and an incremental delivery plan.

The workshop follows the Double Diamond flow for Data Mesh (Exploration → Accelerate → Discovery → Lean Inception) and applies the DUTI approach (Domain, Use Case, Thin Slice, Increment) to avoid big upfront transformation and focus on early, validated outcomes.

Paulo facilitates the entire day using proven facilitation techniques, visual collaboration templates, and structured group exercises. Participants work in small groups and leave with concrete artifacts and a facilitation structure they can reuse in their own organisations.

Prerequisites

No software installation required. We will work with post-its.

Basic familiarity with Data Mesh concepts is needed.

Participants should be comfortable working collaboratively in groups.