Category Archives: Adaptable Design

My Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

Yesterday I had the pleasure to present a full-day workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development. The audience was composed of software architects, team leaders and senior software developers. This was the description of the workshop: This workshop will be … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on July 26, 2017 by

Last month I gave a workshop about Software Architecture for Agile Development, organized by ILTAM. It was very interesting, I was really pleased that the audience was engaged and asked many good questions. These workshops are an opportunity for me to … Continue reading →

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Good Code is Adaptable Code

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

Some people find the diagram below very funny: it basically says that there is no way to write good code. Of course I do not agree with this. The diagram implies that writing well is a slow process, and that the requirements … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Development

Posted on February 27, 2017 by

The Agile Café Meetup in Israel organized a special event about “The Architect Role in the Agile Era”. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about Adaptable Software Design. Title: Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Development Abstract: This … Continue reading →

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Agile and Wrong: The Problems with Emergent Design in Pictures

Posted on April 3, 2016 by

Many idealistic Agile practitioners propose the idea of Emergent Design: “With emergent design, a development organization starts delivering functionality and lets the design emerge. Development will take a piece of functionality A and implement it using best practices and proper … Continue reading →

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Indefinite Optimism: the Problem with the Agile and Lean Mindsets

Posted on January 5, 2016 by

In the last decade we have seen a decrease of interest in Software Design and a sharp increase of interest in Agile methods. The first graph below compares the trends between Software Design and Agile. The second graph compares the … Continue reading →

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Talk: Adaptable Design Up Front (slides + video)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by

Last week I was invited to talk at the IASA eSummit on Architecture for Agile Software Development. My talk tries to answer the question: “How much Design Up Front should be done in an Agile project?” I present my approach … Continue reading →

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