Una delle attività più interessanti che mi è capitato di seguire negli ultimi mesi è collegata alla revisione architetturale che Yoox Group ha avviato sui suoi servizi e siti Internet. YOOX Group è il partner globale di Internet retail per i principali brand di moda & design: l’unica azienda di retail su Internet sia multimarca – con la boutique virtuale YOOX.COM , sia monomarca – con i flagship store online sviluppati da YOOX Services. Nato nel 2000

I was reading an interesting article about the real innovation drivers in enterprises by Stephen Swoyer. http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=3125 The question rendered is: Why does upper management rather approve and finance cost saving than efficiency projects? This is a very good and valid question, when and why do companies innovate? Well, as a technologist I would say that it depends a lot on the company and the domain they are in. Let's say a company providing medical equipment

In this post I address, and clarify, the top 5 myths that I often hear about Software Factories, especially in regards to small software development projects and organizations! When talking to friends, colleagues, and customers about Software Factories within smaller companies, I often hear very similar objections why Software Factories seem not relevant to them. In reality however, many of those reasons are actual myths and in this post I will bust the myths that I hear most commonly. · Myth (1):

[Cross-Posted from Lamont's Blog ] Version 2.0 of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit was released to the web today, on schedule and with all the great new features promised for the release. Version 1.0 of the toolkit was released at the Office Developer’s Conference in February 2008. Watch the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit Overview Video to get an overview of the toolkit, the motivations for creating it, and its intended use. Visit the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit site to access and explore

I will be publishing a series of articles on http://architects.dzone.com/ . The current plan is to: 1.  Do a reprint of the Software Factories article on Architects, .NET Zones (maybe SOA zone if applicable) ... . 2.  Select a chapter (or two) from the Software Factories book . 3. Q&A email interview of about 8 a questions which will go alongside the chapter excerpt. 4.  Series of articles around two to three specific focus areas.

Why software factories? This is a question that I frequently get asked when introducing the Software Factories paradigm. While it seems obvious that increased reuse, higher level of abstraction, and increased automation provide advantages to today's text-based software-development efforts, it is not enough to justify the necessary upfront investment to upper management and other stakeholders. Therefore, we started to look for quantitative data that would clearly show the business case for using this

This week was the MVP summit in Redmond. Around 2,000 MVP’s were invited to come to Redmond to meet with the different product teams and to learn, engage, discuss, and give feedback. This year, for the first time, some of the summit was done in an OpenSpace fashion. While some people were very critical, most everyone, found it a great experience. The advantage of using open space was, that the attendees were able to define the focus of discussions. Furthermore, the OpenSpace format encouraged more

I would guess, that as an architect the answer to such a general question would be "it depends" . Obviously Software Factories are no "silver bullet", but they might have the potential to elevate software development to the next maturity level, at least in certain scenarios. How do I get to this conclusion? Well, let me exlain...... After working for a large enterprise for over 10 years, and being with Microsoft for a few weeks, I felt that it would be fun to bring my perspective to this blog too.

Architecture & Design World 2008 I will present on Thursday July 24th at the Architecture and Design World 2008 in Chicago. In this presentation I will discuss the experiences we gained using Microsoft DSLs, within VSTS in a real industry project. I will highlight the good, the bad, and the bad experiences that we made during the project. Furthermore, I will explore how the DSLs fit into the Software Development Life cycle and take a look into the crystal ball to see what technologies might be

SD Architecture & Design World 2008 I will present on Thursday July 24th at the Architecture and Design World 2008 in Chicago. I will present my experiences using Microsoft DSLs, within VSTS in a real industry project. I will highlight the good, the bad, and the bad experiences that we made during the project. Furthermore, I will explore how the DSLs fit into the Software Development Life cycle and take a look into the crystal ball to see what technologies might be coming in the near future and