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We're Back

Apologies', I've been somewhat away from the blogsphere for some time, and been meaning to get back into it. Something like 'writer's block' has prevented that, so I am hoping to will that away presently. This first one 'back' has been very hard to frame, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 8:07 PM by jezzsa | 0 Comments
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New Software Factories Community Site

I am a bit tardy on the blogs about this, but if you haven't heard yet - we recently opened a new site dedicated to building and sharing a community of knowledge around Software Factories. http://sf.devrevolution.com/ Huge thanks to Martin Danner who Read More...
Posted Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:22 AM by jezzsa | 1 Comments

Packaging & Building Software Factories Series

We are happy to announce our latest white papers on Software Factory implementation. There is a small mini-series on the MSDN Architecture Center called " Packaging & Building Software Factories ". There are two parts to the series: Part Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:29 AM by jezzsa | 3 Comments
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Building Software Factories Series

MSDN has (finally) published the first part of our series on "Building Software Factories" on MSDN. Just a little worried that some of this content is now a little out of date considering we wrote it more than 6 months ago based upon our blog Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:01 PM by jezzsa | 3 Comments
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TechEd Europe 2007

For those big into Software Factories in Europe - it is TechEd Developers in Barcelona again! (November 7th) There are a few sessions on factories, including ours " ARC 301 - Build Your Own Software Factory " Software factories are emerging Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:50 AM by jezzsa | 4 Comments

Lest We Forget

Just a quick study note. Now this could be my short post I have so desperately wanted to write for sometime! It dawned on me today that we may be losing sight of the big picture here. I am picking that a great number of people are confused by all this Read More...
Posted Monday, September 24, 2007 5:17 AM by jezzsa | 3 Comments
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Software Factory Verticalization (Specialization)

I have been meaning to write this post about software factory verticalization for some time now. I actually started this post at the start of the year, but we've been busy writing a number of MSDN white papers recently which have gotten in the way, which Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:00 PM by jezzsa | 4 Comments
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Design & Manufacturing

Just a recent observation. Agile vs. Formal processes in the context of factories - any confusion there? It's pretty much a given these days in software engineering we accept that we have been misled over the last couple of decades into believing that Read More...
Posted Monday, September 03, 2007 10:22 AM by jezzsa | 3 Comments

Factories are - 'Big In Japan'

Edward and I have just finished delivering another TechEd, in Japan this time, on 'Building Your Own Software Factory'. It has been a very good trip with certainly some interesting experiences. It's the first time we have delivered this session with live Read More...
Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 1:20 PM by jezzsa | 1 Comments
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Moving Right Along

We said it a while back at the start of the year, odd calendar years always bring good change for me, and this one could not be better. I've accepted the offer to move to the US to be the Microsoft principal lead on a very significant software factories Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:23 AM by jezzsa | 1 Comments

Virtual TechEd Fish Bowl

Whilst at TechEd US in Orlando, we set up a little fun with Martin Danner in a 'Virtual TechEd' interview. The videos for these interviews have now been released, you can catch our one here called: 'Build Your own Software Factory' Thanks to Martin for Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 26, 2007 6:14 PM by jezzsa | 1 Comments
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TechEd Japan

If you are in Japan on 21st-24th August this year, drop by TechEd in Yokohama to see us ( Edward and myself) present our session 'Build Your Own Software Factory'. This will be a repeat of the same titled session we delivered in Orlando in July. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 25, 2007 2:40 AM by jezzsa | 1 Comments
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Authoring XML using DSL's

Recently, a good colleague of mine (you know who you are Tim), asked me what steps he should take to build an XML authoring solution based upon existing XSD schemas they already have in their company. The objective was to create XML file instances (of Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 04, 2007 5:20 PM by jezzsa | 5 Comments

Toy Aircraft, Motorbikes & Software Factories

Recently, I did an interview about factories for an online magazine (InfoQ) who were asking me to explain what factories were all about. (Here I am thinking everyone knew already!) To help explain building them I wanted to use a practical analogy. I had Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:02 AM by jezzsa | 1 Comments
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TechEd 2007 Factories Summary

We hope, for all those who attended TechEd in Orlando this year that you enjoyed it, and we hope it was a success for those learning more about Software Factories. It was certainly fun talking with many folk about where we are at now and where it's going. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 12, 2007 2:38 PM by jezzsa | 2 Comments
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