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Resource Adaptive Software Systems
The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. We invited Tom Mueck to give a talk about “Resource Adaptive Software...
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Talk: Adaptable Design Up Front (slides + video)
Last week I was invited to talk at the IASA eSummit on Architecture for Agile Software Development. My talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up Front should be done in an Agile project?”...
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Indefinite Optimism: the Problem with the Agile and Lean Mindsets
In the last decade we have seen a decrease of interest in Software Design and a sharp increase of interest in Agile methods. The first graph below compares the trends between Software Design and Agile....
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Agile and Wrong: The Problems with Emergent Design in Pictures
Many idealistic Agile practitioners propose the idea of Emergent Design: “With emergent design, a development organization starts delivering functionality and lets the design emerge. Development will...
View ArticleAdaptable Designs for Agile Software Development
The Agile Café Meetup in Israel organized a special event about “The Architect Role in the Agile Era”. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about Adaptable Software Design. Title: Adaptable Designs...
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On Italian Food and the Evolution of Software Architecture
I really like this picture. Besides being funny, I think it is also a nice metaphor. There is no such a thing the “right software architecture”, in the same way that there is no such a thing the “right...
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Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development
Last month I gave a workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development, organized by ILTAM. It was very interesting, I was really pleased that the audience was engaged and asked many good...
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Hilarious: the Disasters Caused by Emergent Design in Practice
Several people in the Agile community believe in Emergent Design. But I think that it has caused many disasters in software development projects. See below some hilarious pictures of Emergent Design in...
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My Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development
Yesterday I had the pleasure to present a full-day workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development. The audience was composed of software architects, team leaders and senior software...
View ArticleTalk on Adaptable Design Up Front in Spanish
This month I was invited by the FaMAF and Eclypsium to talk about “ADUF – Adaptable Design Up Front”. The FaMAF is the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computing of the National...
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