Architecture makes Agile Processes Scalable
As many of you may know, Microsoft has a vocal and thriving Agile Software Development community. Recently, on our community…
Why Agile Development Requires Agile Architecture
The dark cloud of the economic downturn has produced a silver lining within Microsoft IT: an increased emphasis on Agile…
Software Reflects The Process That Creates It
Of all the ‘laws of software’ that I subscribe to, this one is one of the most fundamental, and unwavering. …
"Correct" is a point of view
My friends in the Agile community have succeeded in drilling a concept into my thick skull so deeply that the…
New eyes on an old favorite
A couple of years ago, Phillippe Krutchen ‘reinterpreted’ the Tao Te Ching of Lao-Tsu for Software Architects (link). I saw it…
JaBoWS is the Enemy of Enterprise SOA
As a community, we have sat silently by as the pundits have sold products that fail to deliver on the…
Inversion of control, part two
I started an interesting thread when I weighed in on the use of IoC and the Dependency Injection pattern a…
What is the tradeoff with Inversion of Control (IoC)
Recently, I caught wind of a discussion about use or overuse of Inversion of Control and Dependency Injection. One small…
Fitting SOA+BPM into the software lifecycle
I have a SOA view of the software development lifecycle. And, in that SOA view, BPM fits nicely. First, a…
A Tale of Two Visions
As I am called upon, more and more, to present a clear “vision” for how SOA will occur, I realize…