taData and process models represent different views of the same system, though the views are interrelated. The different views need to be synchronized to...
Hi all My names is Carlos from jordan and I'm very pleasure to be a member of this group; I'm studying Software Engineering in BAU university the worst...
(responding to Cindee) ... "Object Modelling" I usually take to mean modelling in UML and to Object-Oriented principles. When doing this, we have the...
Hi Carlos, welcome! A good first-step about Agile Modeling, is the bellow websites: http://www.agilealliance.com http://www.agilemodeling.com ...
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The critical issue is the use the right artifacts for the situation. Sometimes that's a visual model, sometimes it's something else. Sometimes the best visual...
In the current issue of Better Software Celso Gonzalez and I have an article entitled "Agile Model-Driven Development: Scaling Agile to Meet the Needs of...
... What makes you think your world is more real than mine? Ron Jeffries www.XProgramming.com Make it real or else forget about it -- Carlos Santana...
cool book GUI ;-) personally, i've had modeling at the core of my [agile] practices since the early 90s ;-) though i can see why modeling may be linked with...
(responding to Jon, Ron) ... Well, I was going to sit on the fence for this one. I'll join in, but I'm not sure I'm choosing sides here. Increasingly I'm...
one of my other reasons for modeling is to share what's in my head and help get it into everyone's head. when many people on the team began to speak to each...
Agree with Paul. It also depends on your audiences, because you will always have several. Business SMEs sometimes just prefer one kind of an artifact over...
Well said, Jon. Back when I was starting out, my interest and enthusiasm far outweighed my limited expertise and experience, which often led to solutions that...
Modeling is inherently an engineering practice. Engineers almost always build models of a thing they want to build or change, like bridges or cars or fighter...
Mike: Definitely. And planes, and cars and on and on. How did you know? Regards, Pete In a message dated 6/4/2008 6:57:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ...
i like to use trains -- when possible -- because i can: * open the window * sit in the dining car, laptop open, and have a drink * get up and walk around *...
Hi all; There is a question sleeps with me everyday about UML.. Maybe the answer of my question is very simple from your perspective...but it is very...
Intersting tangent, first I thought it was going to be about model trains. For a great train trip, take the California Zephyr from Chicago to Oakland, or...
... Most of us are using compilers these days. And GUI generators. I have never run into a team doing code generation from "graphical" models. Ron Jeffries ...
Hello, David. On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 9:36:12 AM, you ... It seems to me that the term "modeling" covers so many options that we can all say we do it....
I've been using code generation, generative software development, system frameworks and component-based development techniques and an agile-like development...
Thanks all. Now, I have to admit my question was little sneaky, as I was greatly involved full life-cycle CASE tools back in their heyday. The one I used, IEF,...
Hi Fellows, I want to share to all, a little article called: "Pinky and The Brain - A tale of the difficult art of simplicity in the design of software", ...
Manoel Pimentel
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Well, Ron, the truth is out - you are the embodiment of evil <grin> (No wonder my Lens was glowing - I don't see many people who know about Boskone these...
In reading this very nice from Manoel Pimentel Medeiros, I am reminded of another value I ascribe to simplicity — "quick-and-dirty" can be a valuable...
Scott has kindly granted me permission to send a post to this group as a call for participation for doctoral and practitioner research purposes. Having worked...
Hello, My name is Fredrik Sondell and I'm a currently employed as a BA for a consultancy firm in Stockholm, Sweden. In your discussions about agile methods you...
Fredrik Sondell
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The handoffs involved with a BA/SA standing between the customer and the developers inhibits agility and the feedback it takes for the technical people to...
... Analysis is an important thing to do, but that doesn't imply the need for someone specifically in that role. That is an organizational design decision --...