An article by Steve Cook and me about domain specific languages appears in the excellent online CBDi Forum Journal today. Read more on the topic at Keith Short's blog .

At OOPSLA 2001, a panel of the most distinguished methodologists of the day was asked "How would you do agile development where the team are a geographically distributed workforce, each working in his own home?" They more or less unanimously said ...

Don't do big projects. Small ones have a lot more chance of success. In a small group, people are more likely to understand the overall requirements and architecture, so they understand better how their work fits into the whole thing. They don't need...

At OT2004 , I ran a workshop on domain specific languages. OT is where the UK experts in software development gather each year, and so the people attending a workshop generally know more than whoever is running it. It's a great way to get some good ideas...