iSAQB founding member, ADOC module curator, arc42 co-founder
Dr. Gernot Starke
Dr. Gernot Starke is a software architect, independent consultant and coach. He is an iSAQB founding member, arc42 co-founder and ADOC module curator. He combines agile practice with a methodical approach to software engineering.
- Teaches
- 4 courses
- Teaches in
- German

About Gernot
Gernot is a computer scientist and software architect at heart. Has worked in Architectural Studies for years, after a long stay in Prograland and sporadic trips to Analytistan. Self-confessed and practicing agilist, believes and lives methodical approach and software engineering. Gernot is a founding member and active member of iSAQB e.V. and one of the most renowned software architecture experts in the German-speaking world. He is the author of several specialist books and has worked as an independent consultant and coach for many years.
Courses
What Gernot teaches
- REQ4ARCRequirements for Software ArchitectsAdvanced · 20 methodical + 10 communicative creditsThe iSAQB REQ4ARC module: the requirements work an architecture decision needs, from vision to acceptance criteria.Next with Gernot9 Mar 2027 · Munich
- IMPROVEEvolution and Improvement of Software ArchitecturesAdvanced · 10 technical + 20 methodical creditsThe iSAQB IMPROVE module: analysing an existing system, weighing its problems and planning the improvement.Next with Gernot28 Sep 2027 · Online
- ADOCArchitecture DocumentationAdvanced · 20 methodical creditsThe iSAQB ADOC module: documenting an architecture so that other people can work from it.Next with Gernot2 Jun 2027 · Mannheim
- CPSA-FFoundation LevelFoundationThe iSAQB entry certification: three days designing, documenting and assessing software architecture.With GernotInhouse on request
Public dates
Train with Gernot.
9–11Mar 2027
Tue–Thu · in 133 days
REQ4ARCRequirements for Software Architects
Group discount- Time
- Hours to be announced
- Where
- Munich, Germany
- Language
- German
- Seats
- Available
Details & booking−10% Early bird
Regular price €2,450Offer price €2,205/ seat
Starting price, plus VAT
20–22Apr 2027
Tue–Thu · in 175 days
REQ4ARCRequirements for Software Architects
Group discount- Time
- Hours to be announced
- Where
- Live online
- Language
- German
- Seats
- Available
Details & booking−10% Early bird
Regular price €2,200Offer price €1,980/ seat
Starting price, plus VAT
2–3Jun 2027
Wed–Thu · in 218 days
ADOCArchitecture Documentation
Group discount- Time
- Hours to be announced
- Where
- Mannheim, Germany
- Language
- German
- Seats
- Available
Details & booking−10% Early bird
Regular price €1,600Offer price €1,440/ seat
Starting price, plus VAT
21–23Sep 2027
Tue–Thu · in 329 days
REQ4ARCRequirements for Software Architects
Group discount- Time
- Hours to be announced
- Where
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Language
- German
- Seats
- Available
Details & booking−10% Early bird
Regular price €2,450Offer price €2,205/ seat
Starting price, plus VAT
Inhouse training
Bring Gernot in for your team.
REQ4ARC, IMPROVE, ADOC and CPSA-F can also run inhouse, at your site or live online, in German. Tell us the module, the group size and roughly when, and we come back with a date and a price.