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Software Architecture

Talk on Adaptable Design Up Front in Spanish

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Hayim Makabee

This month I was invited by the FaMAF and Eclypsium to talk about “ADUF – Adaptable Design Up Front”. The FaMAF is the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computing of the National University of Cordoba, in Argentina. Eclypsium is … Continue reading →

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My Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Hayim Makabee

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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Hilarious: the Disasters Caused by Emergent Design in Practice

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

Several people in the Agile community believe in Emergent Design. But I think that it has caused many disasters in software development projects. See below some hilarious pictures of Emergent Design in practice, with fictional conversations illustrating the kind of … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Software Architecture for Agile Development

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

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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On Italian Food and the Evolution of Software Architecture

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

I really like this picture. Besides being funny, I think it is also a nice metaphor. There is no such a thing the “right software architecture”, in the same way that there is no such a thing the “right Italian … Continue reading →

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Adaptable Designs for Agile Software Development

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Hayim Makabee

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 Hayim Makabee

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 Hayim Makabee

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 Hayim Makabee

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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Resource Adaptive Software Systems

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Hayim Makabee

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) in Israel organized a special event about Adaptive Software Systems. We invited Tom Mueck to give a talk about “Resource Adaptive Software Systems”. Title: Resource Adaptive Software Systems Abstract: DARPA issued an announcement about … Continue reading →

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