InfoQ

News

InfoQ Presentation: Eric Evans on DDD - Strategic Design

Posted by Niclas Nilsson on Dec 04, 2007 05:55 PM

Community
Architecture
Topics
Object Oriented Design,
Language,
Design,
Modeling
Tags
JAOO Conference,
Domain Driven Design

Some design decisions have an impact on the trajectory of the whole project. Modeling is most needed in complex circumstances, yet the typical dynamics of large projects too often derail it or disconnect it from the real design. Conversely, modeling is best carried out by small, dynamic teams with a lot of autonomy, yet creating large systems requires coordination and project-spanning decisions. Managers and developers alike need to pay close attention to this intersection of design, project organization, and politics.

In this talk, Eric Evans introduces two broad principles for strategic design.

  • Context mapping addresses the fact that different groups model differently.
  • Core domain distills a shared vision of the system’s “core domain” and provides a systematic guide to when “good enough” is good enough versus when to push for excellence.

Watch the 50-minute InfoQ exclusive presentation - Eric Evans on DDD - Strategic Design.

8 comments

Reply

Video not working. by Sandeep Khurana Posted Nov 30, 2007 7:11 PM
Re: Video not working. by Diana Plesa Posted Dec 2, 2007 9:19 AM
San Fran presentation by jim weaver Posted Dec 3, 2007 4:06 PM
Re: San Fran presentation by Wilkes Joiner Posted Dec 4, 2007 2:12 PM
Thanks by Magnus Salgo Posted Dec 4, 2007 10:23 AM
Video issues by Steve Macdonald Posted Dec 4, 2007 4:48 PM
Re: Video issues by Floyd Marinescu Posted Dec 5, 2007 1:10 PM
Re: Video issues by Martin Breining Posted Dec 19, 2007 3:56 PM
  1. Back to top

    Video not working.

    Nov 30, 2007 7:11 PM by Sandeep Khurana

    For last 10 mins i just see 'Connecting' on video controls :-( .

  2. Back to top

    Re: Video not working.

    Dec 2, 2007 9:19 AM by Diana Plesa

    Hi Sandeep This might be due to the internet connection, as now the video is working fine on both IE and Firefox. Diana

  3. Back to top

    San Fran presentation

    Dec 3, 2007 4:06 PM by jim weaver

    Hi guys, this presentation is different than the one I attended in SF in November (maybe it's from an earlier conference?). Slides for the version I attended in SF are here: http://qcon.infoq.com/sanfrancisco/presentation/Strategic+Design Will the video for this version be posted? Eric added some stuff that was very appropriate for where I work - want to show it to some coworkers.

  4. Back to top

    Thanks

    Dec 4, 2007 10:23 AM by Magnus Salgo

    Thanks for making this available. I have read Jimmys and Eric books think this way of getting the concept of DDD is excellent. I like the way Eric is speaking about DDD but still would like to get more hands on examples...

  5. Back to top

    Re: San Fran presentation

    Dec 4, 2007 2:12 PM by Wilkes Joiner

    I think this is part 2 of the talk from JAOO. Some people should be strapped into a chair and forced to watch this Clockwork Orange style ;-)

  6. Back to top

    Video issues

    Dec 4, 2007 4:48 PM by Steve Macdonald

    I've enountered repeatd video problems on this site. Why not just use YouTube? Anything would be better than the extreme frustration when the video dies 80% through a presentation. Please put some effort into this. These problems really are unnaceptable in an IT site in 2007.

  7. Back to top

    Re: Video issues

    Dec 5, 2007 1:10 PM by Floyd Marinescu

    Hi Steve, indeed a minority of our viewers are experiencing a problem with our videos (some due to firewall and others due to who knows). But the good news is that we are indeed working on a youtube-like solution which should be live in early 08. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

  8. Back to top

    Re: Video issues

    Dec 19, 2007 3:56 PM by Martin Breining

    Floyd, any plans to also make these videos downloadable for offline viewing? Thanks.

Exclusive Content

Rationalizing the Presentation Tier

Thin client paradigm characterized by web applications is a kludge that needs to be repudiated. Old compromises are no longer needed and it's time to move the presentation tier to where it belongs.

Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at Google

In this presentation filmed during QCon 2007, Jeff Sutherland, the creator of Scrum, talks about his visit at Google to do an analysis of Google's first implementation of Scrum.

AtomServer – The Power of Publishing for Data Distribution

In this article, Bryon Jacob and Chris Berry introduce AtomServer, their implementation of a full-fledged Atom Store based on Apache Abdera, which is now available as open source.

An Introduction to Virtualization

It is easy to think that virtualization applies only to servers. In reality the recent resurgence of the concept is also being applied to networking, storage, and application infrastructure.

REST Anti-Patterns

In this article, Stefan Tilkov explains some of the most common anti-patterns found in applications that claim to follow a "RESTful" design and suggests ways to avoid them.

Choosing between Routing and Orchestration in an ESB

In this article, Adrien Louis and Marc Dutoo discuss the differences and relative merits of using orchestration vs. routing in a typical ESB setup, and discuss various implementation options.

Enterprise Batch Processing with Spring

Wayne Lund discusses batch processing, Spring Batch objectives and features, scenarios for usage, Spring Batch architecture, scaling, example code, failures and retrying, and the future roadmap.

User Story Estimation Techniques

Developer Jay Fields draws on his experiences as a ThoughtWorks consultant to describe effective user story estimation techniques.