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10 October 2007
Articles on Software Factories
I recently published an article on using software factories in supply chains for Methods and Tools . Also, many people have asked about the article I wrote about factories vs. MDA for the Perspectives of the IASA. Read More...
29 October 2006
Performance Analysis and Prediction
Irfan Idrees wrote with the observation that while performance analysis and prediction are of critical importance for software developers, the rigorous approaches prevalent in the marketplace have not been widely accepted in the community. Irfan then Read More...
17 October 2006
Ad Hoc and Systematic Reuse
In the software factories book , we explain that systematic reuse is effective, but ad hoc reuse is not. Ad hoc reuse is the “Field of Dreams” approach… “If we build it, they will come”. Great line for a movie, but it doesn’t work well in the real world Read More...
22 January 2006
Architecture Interview and Podcasts
Here’s an update about Software Factories on ARCast , the podcast series on the Architecture Resource Center . Last month, five panelists (counting myself) recorded three shows on model driven development. It's been quite successful, with the largest Read More...
06 January 2006
RE: VSTS 2005, DSL, and Software Architecture
This is a response to a blog posting by Tad Anderson, and the pointer to it on the MSDN Architecture General forum. First, I agree with your observation, Tad, about the lack of support for the Software Architect in VSTS 2005. We did indeed focus on the Read More...
09 December 2005
Software Factories Applied
Keith Short , Mauro Regio and I have agreed to write a new book called Software Factories Applied. Our goal is to write a short book for practitioners that complements the theoretical foundation established in the original Software Factories book by showing Read More...
08 December 2005
OOPSLA 2005 Recap
Keith Short has already written a post that provides an overview our activities at OOPSLA 2005 . Here is a compendium of my activities at the conference. On Sunday, 10/16, I hosted a full day tutorial on Software Factories with Steve Cook . On Monday, Read More...
03 January 2005
Putting The Cart Where It Belongs
In this posting, I continue addressing issues in the recent blog posting by Grady Booch . As I noted in my previous posting , the debate up to this point has been about the suitability of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) as a medium for model driven Read More...
20 December 2004
Microsoft and Domain Specific Languages, Reprise
Two weeks ago, Grady Booch posted a blog entry titled “Microsoft and Domain Specific Languages”. The posting is part of a running debate between Grady, and my colleagues at Microsoft Steve Cook and Alan Wills . While there are several points in the posting Read More...
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