August 9, 2007
August Theme:
The process of software design
Designing Solutions That Fit – Proven Methods for Common Scenarios
Dan Massey, Partner and Chief Architect, Capability
Measurement
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Dan Massey's slides
Designing systems and software requires skill
and care with a variety of tools and techniques. The industry has many
approaches from which to choose, yet each individual has their own favorites
which they hone and adapt to the situations they face. Unless they can
see how someone else leverages a different method or tool, designers
are likely to continue doing what they’ve found useful in the past –
even if it means chiseling Booch diagrams onto stone tablets.
In this month’s presentation, our speaker examines the realm of software design, considering five key questions. In addition, he considers how to approach some common scenarios for design, discussing which methods and tools fit best – and inviting audience reactions and alternatives for which they have had success in these scenarios. For details, click here.
Then, the audience will be asked to pose some scenarios for discussion in which they have either:
In this month’s presentation, our speaker examines the realm of software design, considering five key questions. In addition, he considers how to approach some common scenarios for design, discussing which methods and tools fit best – and inviting audience reactions and alternatives for which they have had success in these scenarios. For details, click here.
Then, the audience will be asked to pose some scenarios for discussion in which they have either:
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had problems and want to explore alternatives
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consistently been successful with their favorite design approach
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or found a novel way to approach a design problem
About the Speaker:
Our speaker is Dan Massey, a Partner at Capability Measurement where he serves as Chief Architect. Capability Measurement delivers organizational insight by adding continuous human feedback to change management projects and business intelligence tools. Previously he was ALM Product Manager, Functional Architect, and Chief Technical Architect at Borland Software Corporation. In these roles, Massey’s main focus was advancing Borland's Open ALM vision. His work on Open ALM included ALM data integration strategies, Borland's software process enactment metamodel, and the functional architecture for integrated Open ALM. Prior to joining Borland, Dan was a TogetherSoft Mentor and Java EE architect. As a TogetherSoft Mentor, Massey worked with architects and development teams of TogetherSoft customers to design and document applications in many domains and varied shapes and sizes.