Brad Storm at MIT Sloan

I recently came over an article that interestingly enough clearly described some issues regarding service oriented architecture. Especially the fact that SOA is the direct opposite to “Set it and Leave it” products. SOA requires maintenance and an overall picture to avoid redundancy in services. If an organization looses control over it’s services, information or functionality might become available to the wrong people.

A Quote from the article:

“… SOA presents new challenges to enterprises – challenges that some companies may be ill-equipped to handle. As a technology that allows far greater flexibility, even creativity, it requires far more governance.”

“SOA is the exact opposite of a “set it and leave it” technology. Like a garden that constantly grows and changes, a SOA-enabled architecture needs carefully tending to prevent it from growing into a riot of unplanned consequences.“

Read it all here: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3639996

(article written by James Maguire for earthweb.com)

Two practices from two different methodologies: user stories are an emphasis in extreme programming, while features is the mainstay in feature driven development. They both present strength and weaknesses. But aren’t they really related?

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I just came over a pretty good boundle of links, which serves as an introduction to agile. It has a Microsoft.Net aura to it (coming from theserverside.net) but should still apply to all agile fans out there: http://www.theserverside.net/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=AgileResources

You probably heard good things about Agile. Probably read about it too. But you have no clue how to start, what methodology to use, and you simply don’t have the time to read up on it all. Well, you’re not supposed to either. Follow these small steps, and you’re ready to start a new life in an agile fashion. Oh, and did I mention it will help you deliver projects on time, with desired functionality, and with happy customers? Try it! You’ll see!

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In my quest of finding good solutions for organizing my day (sorry outlook, I’m simply not buying into the task tool) I’ve tried some different solutions. I came across Orchestrate and it’s pretty neat and simple! Check it out at http://www.orchestratehq.com/.

See picture and some pointers:

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