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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Antifragile Software Design

Posted on August 2, 2015 by

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. I was glad to be invited to give a talk about “Antifragile Software Design”. Title: Antifragile Software Design Abstract: The concept of Antifragility was … Continue reading →

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Manifesto for Adaptable Software Development

Posted on July 5, 2015 by

We believe that the activities in the left are required to face the challenges of modern software development. Experimentation instead of Specification Evolution instead of Implementation Adaptation instead of Modification Extension instead of Growth Perhaps the activities in the right … Continue reading →

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Rotem Hermon on Change Driven Design

Posted on May 12, 2015 by

At the last meeting of the TLV Software Architecture Meetup, Rotem Hermon, VP Architecture at Gigya, gave a very interesting talk about “Change Driven Design”. Title: Coding Changes Abstract: Every developer knows that the only constant thing is change, and every … Continue reading →

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