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Using Agile Processes and Modeling To Build Enterprise Applications
The traditional approach of doing big requirements up front (BRUF) or big design up front (BDUF) results in significant wastage which can cause many software developments projects to be challenged and/or fail entirely. The article shows how to apply Agile Modeling (AM) practices when building enterprise Java applications.
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Improving Processes in Small Settings
The Software Engineering Institute is forming the IPSS Working Group, a three-year project to collaboratively explore the unique challenges of improving processes in small settings.
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Canadian Firm Posts Bounty for New Rails Database Support
ICI, a stainless steel truck accessory business in Canada, today announced a 900USD bounty to the first person to deliver ODBTP support for Rails. ODBTP (Open Database Transport Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol ideal for connecting Linux-based programs to ODBC data sources on Windows servers.
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Terracotta releases free 4 node Tomcat Session Clustering
JVM clustering vendor Terracotta has released for free use their Terracotta Sessions for Tomcat. The product is based on their distributed shared objects (DSO) product which uses a hub and spoke architecture and can synchronize changes across nodes at the field level (instead of serialization). The license allows projects with up to 4 nodes in their cluster to use it for free.
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Agile Rollout - a Considered Approach
What's the best way to introduce Agile into the enterprise? Start at the bottom, with individual practices? Start at the top, obtaining upper management's buy-in? There's no one recipe for success, but there's likely to be less dissonance if the stages of adoption are understood and addressed. Kane Mar outlined steps to help an entire organization become Agile in stages in his 4-part blog series.
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The Art of Performance Feedback
The Agile approach, with its emphasis on "people over process" and "face-to-face communication", requires that managers pay attention to developing their communication skills. This is particularly important when helping employees improve their performance at work. Paul B. Brown has reviewed three recent books on the subject.
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WS-Addressing Becomes a W3C Recommendation
The WS-Addressing core and WS-Addressing SOAP binding specifications have reached full Recommendation status at W3C. WS-Addressing describes how to encode addressing information independently from the underlying transport protocol, enabling asynchronous communication across synchronous protocols such as HTTP.
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Feature Driven Development : Still Relevant?
First described in 1999, FDD was dismissed by some as "waterfallish". But it has developed into a complete methodology and is still in use. Is it truly Agile? Brad Appleton's recent article in CM Crossroads described it as different from other approaches, but still Agile and suitable for large projects and companies, especially those striving for CMM/CMMI certification.
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Article: Simple JAVA and .NET SOA interoperability
.NET and Java interop can be made really simple using a REST documentcentric approach. This article compares a REST and SOAP approach to interop as well as the advantages of using HTTP POST vs. GET for REST invocations.
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Article: Being Agile Without Going Overboard
Author Venkat Subramaniam speaks from experience in this exclusive InfoQ article, on how to incrementally introduce agility into a project which is in trouble and not currently agile.
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Article: Ruby and Rails: In your face... but out of your way
Ruby on Rails is in many ways a system in itself. But in many, many other ways, Rails exposes, explores, and exploits its connections to Ruby, rather than hiding or disguising them. David A. Black, author of the book Ruby for Rails from Manning, shares his thoughts on whether or not Rails developers should take the time to master Ruby.
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Article: Brasilian National Healthcare System
This casestudy takes a detailed look at the implementation and architecture behind the Brasilian National Healthcare System, a 2M line of code, truly mission critical Java application. Lessons learned, best practices, and details down to the interaction diagram are covered.
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Article: A History of Extended Transactions
ACID transactions don't work for long-lived use cases. This article documents historic approaches taken in the CORBA and J2EE communities toward extended transactions, how SOA is a more natural fit, and why WS-TX & WS-CAF may finally hold the answer.