Maturity of the Discipline of (Software) Architecture Software architecture as a distinct discipline in software engineering emerged around 1990 although the problems, concepts and solutions had been discussed much longer (see [1]). Since then, software architecture has matured to encompass a broad set of concepts, techniques, practices, and methods (see [2]). Moreover, the scope of … Continue reading Towards Developing an Architecture Practice Library based on Essence
Category: Agility and Architectural Engineering
Agile Concepts and Methods are All the Rage Social media and market surveys indicate an increasing number of organizations reporting that they are applying agile practices (see e.g. [1]). Those practices are used by a wide range of organizations with different sizes, geographic locations, market roles and industry focus. At first, they were deployed on … Continue reading On Agility and Architectural Engineering (Revisited)
A few weeks ago I kicked off a new research endeavor aiming at closing the knowledge gap related to architectural concepts and methods, and how to integrate them with agile practices (see the blog post On Agility and Architectural Engineering). Today I released the first version of a dedicated knowledge base page consisting of selected … Continue reading Agility and Architectural Engineering – A New Knowledge Base Page
Agile Concepts and Methods are All the Rage Social media and market surveys indicate an increasing number of organizations reporting that they are applying agile practices (see e.g. [1]). Those practices are used by a wide range of organizations with different sizes, geographic locations, market roles and industry focus. At first, they were deployed on … Continue reading On Agility and Architectural Engineering