Agile architecture metrics

In developing software there is a need for communicating ideas and chosen directions among team members and customers alike. Some sort of overall view and common vocabulary about the domain provides understanding of the system and is a basis for discussion. Software architecture provides such a “gestalt perspective” and is therefore very useful in any [...]

YAGNI by the Book

I recently attended a workshop on Agile architecture by James Coplien. He made some very interesting remarks. He claims that your domain architecture,”what the system is”, is relatively stable. The domain of a bank or insurance company will not change that rapidly! Things that do change have to do with “what the system does”. The [...]