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Can architecture be agile? Absolutely.

Lately both Pawel Brodzinski and Martin Fowler have been letting people know that architecture and agile are not incompatible.  I wholeheartedly agree, and actually am I a bit surprised at the extent to which people seem to think these two approaches are mutually exclusive – they seem pretty compatible to me.  At is root, I [...]

Feeling a bit of a fanboy

Call me a fanboy if you must, but the people at Coding the Architecture know their stuff.  The slides Simon Brown put together on Why Software Projects Fail are a very good, very specific description of what a good software architect can bring to the a project

Test for good developers

I’ve definitely made some interviewing mistakes in my day.  Once mistake which I hope too avoid in the future is hiring people who don’t think architecturally, as so eloquently described by Simon Brown over at Coding the Architecture.
I’ve recommended a couple of people who seemed quite competent when talking about their technical skills during the [...]