Gently pushing
In think that one of the most valuable traits of an enterprise architect is the ability to push gently. In…
Systems Architecture Interview Questions
Next week, I’m interviewing another architect, so I’ve gone over my list of “things to ask an architect candidate” for…
What do you want said at your funeral?
An old saying goes: on their death bed, no one ever turns to their family and says “I wish I had spent…
Case study: create and use Platform Goals to reduce churn
If you find yourself in the unenviable position of having to prove to someone that your project is being managed…
IT Parable: It's 10 o'clock… do you know where your requirements are?
Joshua and Frank were having a chat over coffee the other day. Well, Frank was having a chat. Joshua was…
Should IT report to the CFO?
Christopher Koch at CIO magazine, as part of the research for their annual “state of the CIO” survey, did some…
Should a performance cache query run through your EAI hub?
When you pass a message from one system to another, you have to decide: do I want the message to…
Your SOA is JABOWS (Just A Bunch Of Web Services) and I can prove it
Are you ready to answer this challenge… can you prove that your Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is NOT JABOWS? …
Apply API design guidelines to SOA?
Thought occurred to me when reading Brad Adam’s blog that the names we give services need to be as well…
Build TDD adoption through Support-First efforts
I am convinced that Test-Driven Development is the single greatest hope that our industry has, as a whole, for improving…