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Ian Robinson discusses REST, WS-* and Implementing an SOA

Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Web Services,
REST,
SOA,
WS Standards,
Collaboration,
Specifications

In this interview from QCon San Francisco 2008, Ian Robinson discusses REST vs. WS-*, REST contracts, WADL, how to approach company-wide SOA initiatives, how an SOA changes a company, SOA and Agile, tool support for REST, reuse and foreseeing client needs, versioning and the future of REST-based services in enterprise SOA development.

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Organizations Going Agile: Tread with Caution

Topics
Coaching,
Adopting Agile,
Agile

Most organizations hire Agile coaches to carry out an organization wide Agile transformation. The intention is to have a lean and fit organization by the time coaches walk out of the building. However, it is very difficult to achieve transformation that improves the end-to-end delivery process and is sustainable if the transformation just begins at the team level.

Opinion: Pair Programming Is Not For The Masses

Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile Techniques,
Agile

Pair Programming continues to be one of the most debated and controversial practices of recent years. Most proponents don't falter in their praise of the benefits, but many of even these same people will admit they struggle to get pairing really going in their shops. Why? Obie Fernandez opinions 10 reasons why this might be so.

Requirements Come Second - What Comes First?

Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Agile,
Research,
Adopting Agile

Allan Kelly sites an article from MIT's Sloan Management Review about why it is important to get a team's technical competence and ability improved before focusing on business-IT alignment. This, he claims, is one of the reasons Agile software development has been so successful. Allan's point indirectly touches on a recent community debate about successful, valuable, Agile adoption.

Adopting The Whole Enchilada

Topics
Agile in the Enterprise,
Adopting Agile,
Agile

Recently InfoQ reported on Jim Shore's 'The Decline and Fall of Agile', which highlighted a trend for organizations to adopt "Agile" (in name) but fail to adopt what it means to be Agile (in practice). Community leaders such as Joshua Kerievsky, Martin Fowler, and Ron Jeffries have taken Shore's post a few steps further recently, posting their own thoughts on what's going on with this situation.

Thoughts On Software Architecture and Corporate Structure

Topics
Business,
Architecture,
Business Process Management

Many important challenges faced by a software architect for a large company have as much to do with the organization as technology. In a recent blog entry, Dan Greenblog drew parallels between the principals behind software architecture and effective organizational structures.

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Service Oriented Architecture Governance: The Basics

Topics
Governance,
SOA

In this article, MomentumSI's Ed Vazquez explains the basics of SOA governance, with an explicit focus on the need for a holistic SOA governance model, shared governance principles and the difference between (and the need for both) tactical and strategic efforts.

A Hard Look at the Organizational Implications of BPM

Topics
Business Process Management,
SOA

This article examines the conceptual BPM project from the following perspectives: what is involved to deliver the project, what are its enablers and what are its total costs of ownership (TCO). Before investments are made in reengineering processes and deploying BPM solutions, businesses need to commit to making the organizational changes necessary to allow realization of any lasting value.

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Dan Pritchett on Architecture at eBay

Topics
Transactions Processing,
Database Design,
Enterprise Architecture,
Architecture,
Performance & Scalability

Dan Pritchett gives us an inside look into the decisions behind on of the largest scale architectures in the world: eBay. In explaining how the scale of eBay turns simple requirements a complex engineering problem, he walks us through the technical and organizational challenges of managing eBay's architecture.