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Agile-related Articles

De Business Case voor een Agile aanpak
oktober 2010

Indien u bij aanvang van een project van enige omvang en complexiteit alle relevante variabelen kent, alle consequenties van belangrijke beslissingen kunt overzien, (blijvend) kan beschikken over de juiste informatie en benodigde middelen (mensen,tijd en geld), en dus de voortgang en de uitkomst van het gehele traject nauwkeurig kunt voorspellen – dan is dit artikel niet interessant voor u. Ik neem namelijk afstand van het idee dat een project alleen kans van slagen heeft wanneer het controleerbaar is, en dat er methodiek bestaat die ervoor zorgt dat de geest van onvoorspelbaarheid weer terug in de fles kan worden gebracht.


Een Agile productline voor game ontwikkeling
september 2010

De tijd van de volledig mechanische eenarmige bandiet ligt al weer ver achter ons. Embedded software vormt tegenwoordig een essentieel onderdeel van een gokkast. Dit artikel schetst een beeld van de recente ontwikkelingen bij JVH Gaming Products op het gebied van softwareontwikkeling voor kansspelen.


Architecture Spikes
july 2009

The holy grail of scrum is the delivery of working software within a short time frame. This exclusive focus on functionality could easily turn a project into a ‘Feature Factory’, with the risk of accumulating architectural deficiencies and technical debt that has an impact on performance of the software and overall product quality. This risk can be mitigated by incorporation of a sound architectural basis for the system under development. A more or less accepted practice within the agile community to address architectural issues is the architecture spike. In most cases, however, the initial architecture spike doesn't give an answer to the pressing question: “what are in the longer term the true value-adding aspects of the software system, apart from the tangible and potentially shippable features?” In this article, the architecture spike is presented as the ideal approach to address critical product quality attributes, which will promote the delivery of real customer value.


Agile & Architecting: Friends or Foes?
may 2009

The recent emergence of agile methods has shaken the foundation of the ivory tower architecture. A new breed of architects called Agile Architects is stepping up.
Architecture has always been controversial in the agile community. Should design be done up front, how much, and when does architecture turn into BDUF, the big bad wolf of agile programming? The agilists are right to some extend: most traditional architecture processes are heavy weight, long-winded and time-consuming. In circles of architects, however, agile methods are perceived as architecturally weak, disconnected from the realities of delivering large, multidisciplinary software-intensive systems in complex environments. Agile Architecting is an attempt to combine the best of both worlds, as further outlined in this article.


The table below lists a number of short articles appeared in a column in the Dutch magazine 'Bits & Chips. Most of the articles are dealing with the relationship between Agile and Architecture, with a pragmatic view from different angles.

Agile Architecting

Last Update: 19-11-2011