PATTERN LANGUAGE

Modeling, Managing, Making it Right.

April 2007

An analytical framework is essentially a table which helps you analyse things , often times by means of comparison.

In his paper Applying an Analytical Framework, Benjamin Lieberman applies such frameworks to the and software reuse techniques and tools.

According to Dr. Lieberman:

Modeling complex software and business systems can be a challenging task. Standard design and analysis patterns are helpful but don't usually show you how to apply techniques or demonstrate working examples that are similar to the problem at hand. Fortunately, you can use analytical frameworks to collect and organize analysis patterns, tools, skills, organization techniques, examples, and the expertise of others who have solved similar modeling problems. Learn how to use analytical frameworks to your advantage in various software development areas, from security, messaging and user interfaces, to hiring and training personnel.

The paper is worth spending some time reading and thinking about.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 01:25 PM  Permalink |

You're invited to take the 2nd Annual Agile Adoption Rate Survey -- and a chance to win one of Scott Ambler's recent books.

There are 22 questions in total, although depending on your answers you will only be be asked a subset of the questions, and at worst it should take about 5 minutes of your time. The goal of the survey is to determine the level of adoption of various development techniques, in particular agile ones, and their effectiveness in practice. The survey will close on April 15th 2007.

Scott will summarize the results of the survey in the August 2007 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Furthermore, the full source data (except for identifying information) and a PowerPoint slide deck summarizing the results will be posted at www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ so that others can reuse the results of the survey.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 02:57 PM  Permalink |

This is just a reminder that the Southern California chapter of IASA, the International Association of Software Architects, will be holding its next meeting next week.

The event will focus on Domain-Driven Design using the ADO.NET Entity Framework. According to the abstract, developers using DDD with .NET usually end up using NHibernate as an OR mapper (or they do it manually) for their business objects, but Microsoft's soon to be released ADO .NET Entity Framework is an up-and-coming alternative to NHibernate. This presentation will give an overview of essential Domain-Driven-Design concepts, and will talk about the challenges, solutions, and advantages, when using the Entity Framework with a Domain-Driven Design architecture

Tim McCarthy, a Principal Engineer at InterKnowlogy, will be leading the session, which will be held on Thursday April 19, 2007 at the Microsoft San Diego office, 9255 Towne Centre Dr., Suite 400 San Diego, CA 92121. The meeting starts at 7:00 pm, pizza and networking 6:30 pm. RSVP by emailing to mike.vincent@iasahome.org if you can attend.

Posted by Jon Erickson at 10:51 AM  Permalink |

You're invited to take the 2nd Annual Agile Adoption Rate Survey -- and a chance to win one of Scott Ambler's recent books.

There are 22 questions in total, although depending on your answers you will only be be asked a subset of the questions, and at worst it should take about 5 minutes of your time. The goal of the survey is to determine the level of adoption of various development techniques, in particular agile ones, and their effectiveness in practice. The survey will close on April 15th 2007.

Scott will summarize the results of the survey in the August 2007 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Furthermore, the full source data (except for identifying information) and a PowerPoint slide deck summarizing the results will be posted at www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ so that others can reuse the results of the survey.

For a review of last year's Survey, see Survey Says: Agile Works in Practice.

Posted by John Dorsey at 01:53 PM  Permalink |