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.

Reducing Technical Debt

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Last week I traveled to Thessaloniki to participate in the Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAISE’14). I presented a paper at the Workshop on Cognitive Aspects of Information Systems Engineering (COGNISE). This is joint work with Yulia Shmerlin and … Continue reading →

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Antifragile Software Design: Abstraction and the Barbell Strategy

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

In his book “Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder”, Nassim Taleb introduces the concept of Antifragility, which is the opposite of Fragility. The main question is how things react to volatility (such as randomness, errors, uncertainty, stressors and time). According … Continue reading →

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IASA Israel meeting – Atzmon Hen-Tov on the Adaptive Object Model

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event with the participation of Atzmon Hen-Tov, who talked about the “Adaptive Object Model”. Title: Adaptive-Object-Model – Empower your users to evolve the system Abstract: In this talk … Continue reading →

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Lean Software Development: Before and After the Last Responsible Moment

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

The Last Responsible Moment (LRM) is a lean development principle defined as: “A strategy of not making a premature decision but instead delaying commitment and keeping important and irreversible decisions open until the cost of not making a decision becomes … Continue reading →

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The End of Agile: Death by Over-Simplification

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

There is something basically wrong with the current adoption of Agile methods. The term Agile was abused, becoming the biggest ever hype in the history of software development, and generating a multi-million dollar industry of self-proclaimed Agile consultants and experts … Continue reading →

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Coping with Change in Agile Software Development

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

Traditional software development methodologies, such as Waterfall, tried to follow a series of isolated steps: First you define all the system requirements, then you devise a detailed system design that satisfies these requirements, and then you implement the system according … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptable Design, Agile, Refactoring, Requirements Specification, Software Architecture, Software Evolution | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

IASA Israel hosts Prof. Dan Berry

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

In the last week of December/2013 we at the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel had the great pleasure to host Prof. Dan Berry for a talk on Requirements Engineering. Please find the details about the talk below, … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Design Up Front talk at USP (in Portuguese)

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

This month I had the great pleasure to speak about Adaptable Design Up Front (ADUF) at the University of Sao Paulo (USP). I was invited by my friend, professor Fabio Kon, who shares my interests on Software Architecture and Agile … Continue reading →

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Attention Agile Programmers: Project Management is not Software Engineering

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Hayim Makabee

I’m happy to see so many software developers who are enthusiastic about Agile methods. It’s nice when people enjoy their work. However, I think there is a problem: Some teams are giving too much emphasis to Project Management activities, while … Continue reading →

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Software Product Line Engineering

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Hayim Makabee

Last week I had the opportunity to participate in a Product Line Engineering (PLE) seminar by Dr. Paul Clements, who is one of the global experts on this subject and author of the book “Software Product Lines: Practices and Patterns” … Continue reading →

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