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1	Speaking at the Software Architect 2010 conference Just a quick post to say that I'm speaking at the Software Architect 2010 conference in London next month. I'm running a pre-conference workshop, a post-conference workshop and two technical breakout sessions as follows. Software Architecture in a Day ...	30-Sep-2010 20:12:00
2	How do you introduce software architecture? I get my fair share of questions about software architecture; ranging from queries about the role through to "I have this problem, how would you design a solution"? This question, though, represents a fairly common situation but isn't one that I get ...	23-Jul-2010 00:25:22
3	Enterprise Software Developer training course I'm pleased to say that, from September, I'll be running a new training course called Enterprise Software Developer. Where Software Architecture for Developers focusses on the architecture and design elements of software projects, the new course expands ...	14-Jul-2010 11:43:50
4	Where do you start? A quick note to say that I'm presenting a session called "Where do you start?" at the Norwegian .NET User Group (NNUG) on the 24th of August in Oslo. Where do you start? One of the hardest things about software development is being asked to come up ...	06-Jul-2010 13:03:00
5	Architectural constructs The code for any software system is where most of the focus remains for the majority of the software development life cycle and this makes sense because the code is the ultimate deliverable. But if you had to explain to somebody how that system worked, ...	15-Mar-2010 14:55:30
6	Software architecture: where do you start? You may have seen this on Matt Deacon's blog already ... I'm running a session for the IASA UK chapter on the 9th of March in London. Where do you start? One of the hardest things about software development is being asked to come up with a design ...	03-Feb-2010 09:42:45
7	Software architecture for developers We've been running our software architecture course for a couple of years now and although we've consistently received very positive feedback, we're always looking for ways to improve it. And that's exactly what we've done over the past few weeks. ...	29-Oct-2009 16:46:15
8	Software architecture document guidelines Back in March last year we published an initial set of software architecture document guidelines and I thought that it was time for an update. There are no major changes although I've modified some of the section headings so that you can use this as a ...	27-Oct-2009 17:39:02
9	The code doesn't tell the whole story We all know that writing good code is important and refactoring forces us to think about making methods smaller, more reusable and self-documenting. Some people say that comments are bad and that self-commenting code is what we should strive for. And I ...	22-Oct-2009 15:50:17
10	Documenting your software architecture - why and how? Another of the sessions that I delivered at the recent Software Architect 2009 conference was entitled "Documenting your software architecture - why and how?" and covered some of the drivers for creating software architecture documentation along with ...	19-Oct-2009 13:39:57
11	Style on top of substance... As seasoned techies, many architects aren't automatically comfortable giving presentations. Ironically, our ability to abstract and describe complex information makes us better suited to doing them than we like to think, providing we understand the ...	27-Aug-2008 14:12:54
12	How big is your software architecture document? I'm going to write-up my notes from the last London user group (Sharing Architectures) later in the week, but I wanted to pose a question to you that I asked at the user group. How big is your software architecture document for your current ...	16-Apr-2008 21:30:00
13	Is UML on the way out? One of the presenters at QCon (I think it was John Davies) asked the audience whether they used UML 2.0 and only a couple of people raised their hands. I wasn't one of them - I briefly looked at UML 2.0 a while back but I didn't feel compelled enough to ...	03-Apr-2008 20:32:00
14	Software Architecture Document Guidelines Update, 27th October 2009: Please see Software architecture document guidelines for an updated version of the guidelines. Regardless of the development process that you use, a description of the software architecture can be essential for any project, ...	18-Mar-2008 15:36:00
15	The Enid Blyton effect An architect's role often includes defining the use of development tools and process. One such tool which I value greatly is a wiki. For those of us used to developing with an in-team wiki, it's very hard to imagine not using one. Of course, there ...	12-Mar-2008 19:30:00
16	Project Naming Whenever I've started work on a new project I've had an introduction along these lines: Wizard feeds into Pluto, which then re-values. It broadcasts changes that are picked up by Puma and recorded by Halo. but what they really mean is something like: ...	01-Mar-2008 21:06:34
17	How much software design detail in your architecture document? I led an architecture discussion at a major bank last week and one of the questions that came up was, "how much detail do you put in your software architecture document?". Specifically, the question was focussed on the software design aspects of the ...	18-Jan-2008 12:14:00
18	What's your UML tool of choice? Every time I start a new architecture role, one of my first tasks is to hunt out a UML tool. I'm still constantly surprised at how little traction UML has within the software development industry, with few people using it and fewer people having access ...	20-Jul-2007 10:02:00
19	Upselling your architecture You've probably noticed this yourself but never really given it much thought. How many times have you looked at a new piece of technology, framework or project and thought, "wow, that looks complicated, I wonder how they've done that"? Then, when you do ...	09-Feb-2007 11:34:00
20	PowerPoint architects As an architect, I find myself doing more presentations than I did when I was in a pure development role. No, this isn't a post about how to become that type of PowerPoint architect, it's a post to highlight a couple of very useful resources that will ...	11-Apr-2006 22:11:01