Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2022

Support Your Local Product Owner

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I've been searching for a software architect position (or something similar). Job titles aren't always the best indica...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Principles of Distributed System Design

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Every day software engineers face the task of designing new systems or maintaining existing systems. Whether the need to make ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Control Baselines

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It is the responsibility of software configuration management (SCM) to hold the agreed-upon specifications and regulate change...
Sunday, March 14, 2021

The Thought That Disaster Is Impossible Often Leads To Disaster

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Gerald Weinberg's "Titanic Effect" principle is that believing that disaster is impossible often leads to disaster....
Monday, October 26, 2020

Use An Appropriate Process Model

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Dozens of process models are available for software projects to utilize: agile, waterfall, SAFe, throwaway prototyping, incremental de...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Community Adoption of New Practices

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Community adoption of new practices can mean a lot of things.  From getting a small team to try a new methodology or tool to convincing the ...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Top 10 Project Management Risks

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As a software architect, I've assisted in project management and filled the role of product owner. For all of these roles it is impor...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Quantify Requirements

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All to often terms such as "fast," "responsive," and "extensible" are listed as software product requiremen...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Communication Skills Are Essential

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When recruiting personnel for your project, don't underestimate the importance of teamwork and communication. The best software archi...
Tuesday, September 03, 2019

Problem Solving

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Beware of the person who knows all the answers: Suppose two politicians are running for president, and one goes through the farm section a...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Historic [Software] Preservation

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At its most basic, historic preservation is about keeping old places alive, in active use, and relevant to the needs of communities toda...
Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Use Optimal Data Structures

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The structure of data and the structure of programs manipulating that data are intimately interrelated. If you select the right data stru...
Monday, January 07, 2019

Design Is Multidimensional

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When designing a home, architects represent it in many ways to fully understand and convey its essence to builders, buyers of materials, ...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Provide All The Information The User Needs And Nothing More

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A key part of the design process is the precise definition of each and every software component in the system. This specification will be...
Friday, December 21, 2018

Use Efficient Algorithms

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Knowledge of the theory of algorithm complexity is an absolute prerequisite for being a good designer. Given any specific problem, you co...
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Software Reliability Can Be Achieved Through Redundancy

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In hardware systems, high reliability or availability ( Specify Reliability Specifically ) is often achieved through redundancy. Thus, if...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

Keep It Simple

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A simple architecture or a simple algorithm goes a long way toward achieving high maintainability. Remember KISS. Also, as you decompose ...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Build Flexibility Into Software

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A software component exhibits flexibility if it can be easily modified to perform its function (or a similar function) in a different sit...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Build Generality Into Software

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A software component exhibits generality if it can perform its intended functions without any change in a variety of situations. General...
Thursday, April 05, 2018

Evaluate Alternatives

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A critical aspect of all engineering disciplines is the elaboration of multiple approaches, trade-off analyses among them, and the event...