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World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 3, 2026 • Session details

Systems Thinking for Performance: How to Diagnose and Fix Slow Systems without Guessing

Ivan Milanov

Are you blindly tweaking configurations to fix slow systems? Apply systems thinking to uncover the deep-seated architectural conflicts causing chronic bottlenecks and stop reactive firefighting for good.

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#1 about 9 min

Diagnosing crises of trust in system performance

How chronic performance issues and reactive firefighting can erode organizational trust rather than just cause technical failures.

#2 about 4 min

Using Scrum, stoicism, and systems thinking for engineering

A three-pillar framework transitions technical teams from reactive firefighting to structured and big-picture problem resolution.

#3 about 11 min

Challenging best practices to fix queue bottlenecks

Deliberately splitting a high-contention job queue resolves severe performance blocks in warehouse operations.

#4 about 6 min

Identifying hidden architecture issues on SQL Server

Zooming out reveals a resource-intensive reporting database competing for critical memory with production instances.

#5 about 4 min

Rebuilding trust and shifting heavy processes overnight

Automated monitoring and off-hours batch processing restore stakeholder confidence after prolonged system instability.

#6 about 4 min

Aligning Scrum values with stoic engineering decisions

Applying courage, openness, commitment, and respect enables structural visibility and better decision-making under operational pressure.

#7 about 7 min

Practical tools for navigating engineering chaos proactively

Strategies like pausing before reacting and exposing dependencies make complex systems observable and manageable over time.

#8 about 8 min

Q&A on agile implementation and challenging norms

A discussion covers applying agile methodologies in ERP environments and determining when to bypass technical best practices.

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2:08 min

Navigating and mitigating the impacts of broken engineering cultures

Oskar Kruschitz Oskar Kruschitz · Europe 2026 Virtual

1:00 min

Three fundamental lessons for debugging complex performance bottlenecks

Luca Trușcă Luca Trușcă · WWC Europe 2026

3:00 min

Identifying examples of system resilience and fragility in technology

Jan de Vries Jan de Vries · WWC Europe 2026

2:25 min

Building engineering cultures that support long-term software architecture

Oskar Kruschitz Oskar Kruschitz · Europe 2026 Virtual

5:51 min

Audience questions on shared infrastructure and remote teams

Robert Hoffmann Robert Hoffmann +1 · LIVE

2:23 min

Breaking structural performance silos between HR and tech executives

Rudi Bauer Rudi Bauer +1 · Cappuccino with HR

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