Archive for July, 2007
Build by use case
By aahoogendoorn at 20 July, 2007, 12:55 pm
On many projects, developers are included to build their software from the ground up, layer by layer. This is argumented by the developers stating that “we really need to build the database access layer first, otherwise we are unable to realize the domain layer”. So the software is built layer by layer. There is a [...]
Read More >>Does software architecture conflict with agile principles?
By aahoogendoorn at 11 July, 2007, 9:07 pm
Earlier this week I had a long talk with Silvain, the software architects / lead developer on one of our agile projects – being executed using the Smart methodology (see links below). Silvain is concerned about the quality of the software architecture in his agile project. His project is implementing a large number (over 50) [...]
Read More >>How big is your project?
By aahoogendoorn at 6 July, 2007, 9:35 am
It is quite remarkable. Over the years I have gathered a lot of experience in use case modeling. That’s where smart use cases came from – if you want to know more on those, please read the book. Along with smart use cases comes a pragmatic and easy applicable estimation technique, which I’ve called smart [...]
Read More >>Agile SAP?
By aahoogendoorn at 4 July, 2007, 2:41 pm
It’s half past five as I enter city hall in Rijswijk. I’m due at the Bouwstenenfabriek of the Department of Defence, which resides on the 9th and 10th floor. Invited along some Capgemini hot shots to give an inspiring presentation on innovative software development. At a practice meeting of one of our ASP practices. How [...]
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