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By bfwebster on Sep 8, 2009 in Architecture, Complex systems, Main, Risk management, Software engineering | 2 Comments
In the first part of this three-part series, I briefly outlined the parallels between developing software and crafting legislation, while pointing out the great risks and issues in the latter. I also indicated what I felt were some of the general structural flaws in HR 3200, the House bill on health care reform — not [...]
By bfwebster on Sep 7, 2009 in Architecture, Complex systems, Main, Risk management, Software engineering | 7 Comments
[Welcome Slashdotters -- feel free to leave comments here or there. But no debates on health care reform or what HR 3200 does or does not do, please -- just on the concept itself.] [Part II is now up.] On the occasions where I have reviewed the actual text of major legislation, I have been [...]
By bfwebster on Feb 22, 2009 in Architecture, Main, Product development | 0 Comments
Many large-scale software projects, whether commercial, two-party, or internal, end up poorly matched to their intended use and fail to achieve their intended use. But the same factors that lead to such disappointments occur in all industries and settings. Though I never drove one (and probably only saw them rarely while growing up), as a [...]
By bfwebster on Jul 25, 2008 in Architecture, Articles, Baseline, Main, Maintenance, Management | 0 Comments
My lastest Baseline column is up, in which I argue that setting up one or more maintenance architects within an enterprise can help reduce maintenance costs while at the same time providing a training path for chief software architects. Let me know what you think. ..bruce..