Archive for May, 2007

The Post Whiteboard Domain Model

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

You may remember from our domain model discussion that a domain model has three important components:

a visual representation of the business concepts and their relationships
a shared language between developers/modelers and the business experts (domain experts)
a software representation of the domain model

When you start, you generally start building these components in order. First, you draw some […]

Design Darwinism

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

One of the unfortunate things that can happen when an organization begins striving toward a more purposeful design and development process occurs when a rigid design structure, framework, or set of “standards” is introduced. Some frameworks are good and useful, of course. Tried and true models of data access, network protocol, or even UI models/frameworks […]

Agile Project Management

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

I’m working on some more thoughts on managing projects on an agile team. I’ve been doing some reading on the subject, and trying to make it work in my organization. Until I have my thoughts ready to post, I’ll share a couple of the things I’ve been reading/listening to:
Managing the Work in an Agile Project […]

Home Sweet IndomitableHome

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

I’ve neglected this blog for the past couple of weeks, while I’ve been busy buying and moving into this little house in Franklin, TN.

But I’m back!