Archives for September 2006

Consistent Architecture through Facilitation

Recently there was an email on the Scrum development mailing list regarding how to keep a common, consistent architecture which is maintained and used throughout multiple Sprints without someone designated as architect. Here was my response:

I would consider myself a software architect with quite a few projects under my belt. [...]

Need-Driven Design as an Integration Strategy

As we develop software, it is common to design before we code. On average, I have found that the more time between when design occurs and the actual implementation is developed, the more unexpected detrimental effects surface. A common reason for design problems when integrating external dependencies into a project is that the project team [...]

A New Blog Focus

For quite a few years now I have been working in the software architecture and Agile space which may seem like an oxymoron to some. I got asked the other day, from somebody who knew me for both, what type of reaction I got from the XP community members when I brought up the word [...]