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• Cheat sheet for patterns and practices

  http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2008/10/09/cheat-sheet-patterns-practices-catalog-at-a-glance-posted-to-codeplex.aspx Great cheat sheet of the Patterns and Practices work. Posted Oct 11 2008, 09:15 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Architecture

• Partners, not police

  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ar-eastand/index.html Nice article on the fundamental challenges of EA in large organizations. The author discusses common issues and recommendations with how EA organizations are structured and managed. Posted Sep 15 2008, 09:56 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture

• Microsoft Joins OMG

  http://www.ddj.com/architect/210600738?cid=RSSfeed_DDJ_All It doesn't appear that MS will focus on UML. Instead, their focus is on MDA. I think this is good news for the industry and MDA. UML on the other hand? The two most helpful UML diagrams are... Posted Sep 13 2008, 01:59 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture, ALM

• Periodic table of visualization

  http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html Posted Sep 13 2008, 01:48 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture

• The MOST acronym for strategy planning

  I came across an interesting acronym called MOST – Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics. Original source - http://www.strategy.nildram.co.uk/most.html MOST helps to clarify where the business intends to go ( Mission ), they key goals which will... Posted Jul 20 2008, 11:36 AM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture

• Crazy Architects

  Pest control is a constant battle especially if you live in Florida. A few months ago, while tending the lawn I noticed several ants. I promptly called the pest control service. I learned later that the ants are known as crazy ants ( Paratrechina longicornis... Posted Jul 12 2008, 12:33 AM by David Strommer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Architecture

• A comprehensive analysis of BPM Suites

  After months of tweaking and review, our coverage of IBM's BPM technology offering is now live. It joins our coverage of Appian , BEA (we're keeping an eye on this, of course, and will update it as soon as is practical), Lombardi , Software... Posted Jun 29 2008, 02:47 AM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture

• SDO support for .Net

  Jean-Jacques Dubray of http://www.ebpml.org/about.htm is becoming one of my favorite blogs. I have only followed his blog the past couple of months. I admire him because he is one of a few technologists that attempt to step back from the platform specific... Posted Dec 03 2007, 11:53 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: SOA, Architecture

• Situational Leadership

  Nick Malik posted an insightful post titled "When they are not ready" - http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik/archive/2007/08/29/when-they-are-not-ready.aspx I agree with Nick statement, "Architectural roadmap's have to take things into account... Posted Sep 01 2007, 11:51 PM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture

• WCF and WebSphere MQ

  http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/mqwcf/ WebSphere MQ is certainly a market leader in the messaging domain. WCF is wonderfully extensible and it was only a matter of time before IBM (or someone) released a custom WCF channel for MQ. I wonder if we'll... Posted Jul 16 2007, 09:12 AM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: .Net, Architecture

• The Rules Engine That Saved the Day (But not the Application…)

  The Rules Engine That Saved the Day (But not the Application…) - http://www.iasahome.org/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PUB.1.372 I think at some level we all can relate to Rick Wagner's Business Rules Engine/Workflow story. Posted Apr 20 2007, 06:22 AM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: BRMS, Architecture

• Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You

  I came across this post by Joel Spolsky titled "Don't Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000018.html The post is dated April 21, 2001. It is funny how the truth is timeless. Posted Mar 10 2007, 09:09 AM by David Strommer with | with no comments Filed under: Architecture