Author Archives: Hayim Makabee

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About Hayim Makabee

Veteran software developer, enthusiastic programmer, author of a book on Object-Oriented Programming, co-founder and CEO at KashKlik, an innovative Influencer Marketing platform.

Conference Talk: Hayim Makabee on the Role of the Software Architect

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

During the First Israeli Conference on Software Architecture, Hayim Makabee gave a talk about “The Role of the Software Architect”. Title: The Role of the Software Architect Abstract: In this talk Hayim will present the practical aspects of the role of … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Dani Mannes on Agile Software Architecture

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

During the First Israeli Conference on Software Architecture, Dani Mannes gave a talk about “Agile Software Architecture”. Title: Agile Software Architecture Abstract: It is still very common to use different techniques and processes at the system engineering and at the software … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Joseph Yoder on “Taming Big Balls of Mud with Diligence, Agile Practices, and Hard Work”

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

During the First Israeli Conference on Software Architecture, our invited keynote speaker Joseph Yoder gave a talk about “Taming Big Balls of Mud with Diligence, Agile Practices, and Hard Work”. Title: Taming Big Balls of Mud with Diligence, Agile Practices, and … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Lior Bar-On on “The Five Expertise Areas of an Architect”

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

During the First Israeli Conference on Software Architecture, Lior Bar-On gave a talk about “The Five Expertise Areas of an Architect”. Title: The Five Expertise Areas of an Architect Abstract: Architect is an ambiguous role, for an ambiguous craftsmanship. Over the years … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Tomer Peretz on “Ensuring Software Alignment”

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Last week at the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, Tomer Peretz gave a talk about “Ensuring Software Alignment”. Title: Ensuring Software Alignment Abstract:  Knowing where to allocate the project resources is the one of the key … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk: Dr. Amir Tomer on “Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios”

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

This week at the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, Dr. Amir Tomer gave a talk about “Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios”. Title: Extracting Quality Scenarios from Functional Scenarios Abstract:  Requirements specifications usually focus on the … Continue reading →

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Conference Talk – Hayim Makabee on Software Quality Attributes

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

This week I participated in the Twentieth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality in Tel-Aviv, giving a talk about “Software Quality Attributes”. Title: Software Quality Attributes Abstract:  The quality of software systems may be expressed as a collection of Software Quality … Continue reading →

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The Minimum Viable Product and Incremental Software Development

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

The concept of the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was popularized by Eric Ries in his bestselling book “The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses”. According to Ries, the MVP is the “version of … Continue reading →

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The Psychology of Agile Software Development

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Why is Agile so successful? It is a fact that Agile methods have many enthusiastic practitioners, who are firm believers that the adoption of Agile processes has revolutionized the way they build software systems, making them much more productive and … Continue reading →

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On Agile Architecture, Emergent Design and Framework-Based Design

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

I recently read the very interesting Ph.D. thesis of Michael Waterman on the topic of Agile Software Architecture. Michael investigated how professional software engineers in the industry are applying Agile principles to software architecture and design. His conclusions are that … Continue reading →

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