Tag Archives: agile architecture

Letting Go of BDUF

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

  I’ve taught several workshops where people wanted to learn how to start adopting some agile approaches. They knew about timeboxing, but didn’t quite see how to make it work. The part they were missing was having working valuable product … Continue reading →

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When to Spend Time Architecting

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  Thierry poses a question I’ve heard in several of my PM workshops this week and last week: When should the team do the architectural work? Thierry’s concerned if his team continues to implement by feature, how can the team … Continue reading →

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An Attempt at Pictures for Implement by Feature vs. Architecture

Posted on December 9, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  Joshua asked me to clarify what I meant by implementing by architecture. Here’s my picture-story. When a team implements by architecture, they tend to be functionally-based teams implementing across the architecture. See . When a team implements by feature, … Continue reading →

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Implement the Most Valuable Features First

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  Scott points out Software Product Delivery – 20 Rules? that you should do the riskiest part of the project first. (He explains that you modify that given what’s most important.) I’d add a further refinement: that what’s most important … Continue reading →

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Architects Must Write Code

Posted on April 26, 2006 by Johanna Rothman

  I had the opportunity to read Practices of an Agile Developer: Working in the Real World. The book has 45 tip to help developers become agile. And, it’s clear that Venkat and Andy know the problems of becoming an … Continue reading →

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Implementation by Feature and Embedded Systems Issues

Posted on December 28, 2005 by Johanna Rothman

  I’ve been working with some companies who do hardware/software systems. Most often, they have some embedded code too, just to make life interesting. To be honest, I don’t know how to do implementation by feature for a whole brand … Continue reading →

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