Comments on: Explicit Design http://www.rodenas.org/blog/2008/11/27/explicit-design/ Software Development Life Cycle: Methodologies and Tools for the Enterprise Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ferdy http://www.rodenas.org/blog/2008/11/27/explicit-design/#comment-7941 Ferdy Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:22:57 +0000 http://www.rodenas.org/blog/?p=488#comment-7941 Bill, thanks for the link! A very interesting reading, a natural thing as it comes from Grady. Some conclusions after reading the article: 1) We need to enumerate architectural patterns or styles, even if they come from accidental architectures. Something that I believe Grady is working on (<a href="http://www.handbookofsoftwarearchitecture.com/index.jsp?page=Main" rel="nofollow">Handbook of Software Architecture</a>), and, with a wide aim, <a href="http://www.hillside.net/" rel="nofollow">The Hillside Group</a>. 2) Most architectures come from previous works (theft): bifurcations, scrap and rework. Although most of them are accidental architectures, they are inevitable and some of them could become useful in future systems, but only if we're able to describe them as a pattern. Bill, thanks for the link! A very interesting reading, a natural thing as it comes from Grady.

Some conclusions after reading the article:

1) We need to enumerate architectural patterns or styles, even if they come from accidental architectures. Something that I believe Grady is working on (Handbook of Software Architecture), and, with a wide aim, The Hillside Group.

2) Most architectures come from previous works (theft): bifurcations, scrap and rework. Although most of them are accidental architectures, they are inevitable and some of them could become useful in future systems, but only if we’re able to describe them as a pattern.

]]> By: Bill Higgins http://www.rodenas.org/blog/2008/11/27/explicit-design/#comment-7937 Bill Higgins Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:22:19 +0000 http://www.rodenas.org/blog/?p=488#comment-7937 Grady Booch has an interesting take around this topic area: "Every interesting software-intensive system has an architecture. While some of these architectures are intentional, most appear to be accidental." Links: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=471929 http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitecture - Bill Grady Booch has an interesting take around this topic area:

“Every interesting software-intensive system has an architecture. While some of these architectures are intentional, most appear to be accidental.”

Links:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=471929
http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitecture

- Bill

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