Thanks to everyone for a fantastic turnout at the 'Software Factories' Architect Forum on Wednesday last in Dublin. We had 90 Architects listen to Beat  (his blog has the 'why restaurants aren't run by developers story) and Ingo discuss this in some depth. As requested the slides are available to download (beware it’s a 23MB .zip file).

You will have heard reference to Jack Greenfield’s book on the same subject and that’s a great way to delve deeper. The guidance automation toolkit and the DSL tools are also available in preview form if you want to start playing around with the tools.

After the session we discussed an Irish Architecture special interest group. We have a great core of volunteers ready to speak and there are some nice ideas about making it interactive and a vehicle for developers who want to move into architecture. Expect an announcement on our first event soon.