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The role of a hands-on software architect
Becoming a software architect isn't something that simply happens overnight or with a promotion. It's a role, not a rank. It's an evolutionary process where you'll gradually gain the experience and confidence that you need to undertake the role. While ...
10-Sep-2008
18:33:00
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Mind the gap
Our industry has a love/hate relationship with the software architect role, with many organisations dismissing it because of their negative experiences of architects that dictate from "ivory towers" and aren't engaged with the actual task of building ...
02-May-2008
11:58:03
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What is architecture?
Architecture is a widely-used term within software development yet is very hard to define rigorously. Indeed, it changes meaning from domain to domain, company to company, project to project and even from employee to employee. Read the full essay in ...
02-May-2008
11:53:54
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Coding the Architecture : The book
We've built up a decent amount of architecture related content over the last two years and I'm pleased to announce that we're going to take this step further by extending and formalizing what we have already into a book. We're still working through the ...
25-Apr-2008
10:32:53
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Applied Software Project Management
I've been reading Applied Software Project Management for the past few months and the headline is that this is an excellent book. But first some background. Why is a technical architect reading a book about project management? My answer is simple - ...
22-May-2006
15:40:34
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Understanding Enterprise SOA
The Register have just published a review of Manning's Understanding Enterprise SOA. Their verdict? For developers looking to get to grips with the nuts and bolts of SOAP, REST and the, er, rest, this isn't the place to look for details. This is ...
08-Mar-2006
21:32:03
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Service-Oriented Architecture Compass
I've just finished reading Service-Oriented Architecture Compass : Business Value, Planning and Enterprise Roadmap for JavaRanch and the review has been posed here. My summary? Here it is. Overall, if you're an architect looking at SOA now or ...
07-Feb-2006
10:39:29
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High-Assurance Design
This week, Cliff Berg is doing a promotion of his latest book entitled High-Assurance Design : Architecting Secure and Reliable Enterprise Applications. I'm sure you've encountered this yourself, but on many projects there's often a disconnect between ...
18-Jan-2006
20:11:09