June 2008 - Posts

• Names of the entities in a model - What a rathole!

  While writing my last post on iterative design, I touched on naming entities in the model. I want to take just a few minutes to highlight some guidelines that I use for naming ... Do make the discussion about name choices a significant part of the model Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:28 PM by Andrea Westerinen | 0 Comments Filed under: Models

• Iterative design and combining the knowledge of multiple experts to create a "good" model

  Sorry to be missing-in-action again. But, my daughter's end of the school year, vacations and work seem to have gotten in the way of blogging. Well, I'm back ... :-) The topic of this post deals with creating a "good" model - and the need to combine domain Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 2:25 PM by Andrea Westerinen | 1 Comments Filed under: Models

• Observations on how business and IT people differ in how they think

  I attended a talk yesterday, given by Roger Martin (Dean and professor of strategic management at the Rotman School of Management). He argued that businesses are driven by "analytical thinking" - the need to refine, examine and measure the past, limit Read More... Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:37 PM by Andrea Westerinen | 0 Comments Filed under: Business