November 2004 - Posts

• Language Gaps

  The next big step for software development is “Language Engineering”. As well as our own work on software factories , you can see this awareness emerging in other places eg this recent post by Martin Fowler . What do I mean by Language? - look at Alan Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:10 PM by Steve Cook | 2 Comments

• Domain Specific Languages and UML

  My colleague Alan Cameron Wills makes several excellent points about why not to base domain specific languages on UML . I hope Grady Booch reads this. There really is very little common semantic ground between a conveyer belt and anything in UML. Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 10:51 AM by Steve Cook | 2 Comments

• Dynamic Stability and Mass Customization

  Today I am preparing for a couple of talks about Software Factories that I am giving later in the month to groups of architects in France and Germany. I'm reminded of some material which I often go back to that I discovered about 10 years ago when I joined Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:23 PM by Steve Cook | 0 Comments

• Business Capabilities and Software Factories

  Keith Short’s blog has a report on some of our team’s experiences at OOPSLA this year. I’m back in the UK now, recovering from the jetlag. One aspect of our Software Factories tutorial which I think was particularly interesting was the use of Business Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2004 4:31 PM by Steve Cook | 3 Comments