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	Title and summary	Date/time
1	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Book Review: 'Software Systems Architecture - Working with Stakeholders Using Viewpoints and Perspectives' This is a book that I wish I'd been able to read years ago because it widens the reader's horizon to include aspects of getting a system designed and built that as a developer you take for granted. That said, it's a book that particularly resonates once ...	18-Mar-2007 16:26:00
6	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
7	Mastering the Requirements Process I've just received a copy of Addison-Wesley's "Mastering the Requirements Process" 2nd Edition to review over the next few weeks. The blurb says: Mastering the Requirements Process, Second Edition, sets out an industry-proven process for gathering and ...	25-Apr-2006 21:19:20
8	Book Review - 'POJOs in Action' Chris Richardson's book is a well-written and thorough guide to implementing familiar Enterprise Architecture patterns with POJOs. Aimed at the designer, the book provides valuable advice on the benefits and potential pitfalls of using Spring, Hibernate, ...	09-Mar-2006 12:22:57
9	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
10	POJOs in Action I have just received a copy of Manning's 'POJOs in Action - Developing Enterprise Applications with Lightweight Frameworks' to review over the next couple of weeks. The blurb says: There is agreement in the Java community that EJBs often introduce ...	14-Feb-2006 12:40:03
11	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
12	Understanding Enterprise SOA I am currently reading Manning's Understanding Enterprise SOA. This book aims to give technologists and business people an intergrated picture of the issues and their interdependencies using a continuing case study. I hope to get a "beyond the hype" ...	06-Feb-2006 11:15:43
13	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