September 2006 - Posts
You can smell it in the air. When a good idea's time has come, many people will start working on it, almost spontaneously. That's what happens when smart people have the right to make choices and decisions. Good things happen. This happens at Microsoft.
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Architects don't write code. That's the first thing that a developer notices when he or she moves into this job. But there is another change... substantial yet subtle... Architects don't accomplish anything without having someone else 'doing the real
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Definition: An architectural model is a rich and rigorous diagram, creating using available standards, in which the primary concern is to illustrate a specific set of tradeoffs inherent in the structure and design of a system or ecosystem. We use architectural
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There's lots of different ways to describe data. I've seen data models that attempt to describe, conceptually, all of the data relationships for lines of business, marketing programs, fulfillment programs, etc. Conceptual data models are useful, primarily
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knowing how to claim credit for your successes is an important part of 'telling the EA story.'
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I was reading some of the newsgroups and, for some reason, I've seen a LOT of requests lately about "interview questions for 'blah-de-blah' position." Just saw another for .Net developers. Made me wonder, what would I consider is a good set of interview
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I got an interesting comment to my post about a persistent data grid... that the idea is interesting when considered in context with an ESB. (I assume this particular TLA stands for Enterprise Service Bus). I don't know if the person leaving the comment
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James McGovern's post on Work Life Balance got me thinking. What is the value proposition for companies to spend time on this issue. Many do, including my own employer. I asked a person I respect, a couple of months ago, what the real ROI behind work-life
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Not a web control, I'm talking about the notion of applying grid computing to large scale distributed data provisioning. I'd like to suggest a pattern and see if anyone can tell me if a product provides this, or if this is described elsewhere. I'd like
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Jack Van Hoof asked, in the reply to yesterday's post, if it is always a good idea to reduce redundancy. His question centered around business flexibility: if the business wants to grant independence to a division, or sell it off, doesn't it make sense
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It's kinda easy to pick a fight inside MS. We are a very passionate lot, and no one walks around pretending to have the "official right answer." For every question, there are usually many right answers, and a wide array of folks who defend them. Some
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It might sound corny, but between all the goofy and dangerous things that Steven "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin did while filming his TV show and publicizing his little wildlife park , he spoke eloquently about the need to protect wildlife, defend the environment,
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A recent thread written by one of the IASA chapter members in our area made an interesting statement. Organizations like the IASA are here to "create a market for architecture." Kill me now. Inside my own organization, I'm helping create a market for
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