J.D. Meier's Blog
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Layers and Tiers
As part of the patterns & practices App Arch Guide 2.0 project, we needed to nail down layers...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/05/2008
Scenario Frames for Presentation, Business, Data, and Services
As part of our App Arch Guide 2.0 project, we're creating scenario frames to organize customer...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/04/2008
App Arch Meta-Frame
As part of the App Arch Guidance project, we've created an organizing frame to help think about...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/03/2008
patterns & practices App Arch Guide 2.0 Project
It's long overdo, but we're kicking off a project for v2 of the patterns & practices Application...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/02/2008
SourcesOfInsight.com is Now Live
Sources of Insight.com is now live. It's a blog I use to share insights and actions for...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/01/2008
My Favorite Software Books
Aside from people, I think books are the best mentors. Ajoy mentioned to me that people like...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/01/2008
Lessons Learned from Peaceful Warrior
Have you seen Peaceful Warrior? It's a pretty simple movie, but it's full of lessons. Probably the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/18/2008
Software Methodologies at a Glance
I like to draw from a variety of sources for software engineering principles, patterns, and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/18/2008
10 Success Patterns for PMs
Note: This article is updated at 10 Success Patterns for Program Managers. Here's a brief set of...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/13/2008
Project Life Cycles at patterns & practices
Note: This article is updated at Project Life Cycle at patterns & practices. Periodically I like...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/02/2008
Model-Driven Approaches
Note: This article is updated at Model-Driven Approaches. When people ask me my take on model-driven...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/01/2008
Agile Guidance
Note: This article is updated at Agile Content Development. When I ramp new folks on the team, I...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/22/2008
Software Guidance Share
I'm testing another version of the home page on Software Guidance Share. Software Guidance Share is...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/12/2008
Designing an Authentication and Authorization Strategy
What are the key steps to designing an effective authentication and authorization strategy? The keys...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/25/2008
WCF Security Guide is Now Available in HTML
Our guide, patterns & practices Improving Web Services Security:Scenarios and Implementation...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/18/2008
WCF Security Resources
If you're building Web services or if you're implementing SOA on the Microsoft platform , then...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/23/2008
patterns & practices WCF Security Practices at a Glance Now Available
For this week's release in our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance project, we released...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/09/2008
Decision Making with Criteria and Weight
If you need to make an important decision, the following can help: Identify the criteria Identify...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/06/2008
6 New patterns & practices WCF Security How Tos
We have 6 new How Tos for this week's release of our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance...
Author: JD Meier Date: 05/01/2008
Monthly Improvement Sprints
Each month I pick a focus or a theme for my improvement sprint. I find it's easier to start...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/28/2008
patterns & practices WCF Security Questions and Answers Now Available
What are your key security-related questions with WCF? More importantly, what are the answers? For...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/24/2008
patterns & practices WCF 3.5 Security Guidelines Now Available
For this week's release in our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance project, we released...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/17/2008
patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance: Updated Application Scenarios
For this week's release in our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance project, we added new...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/10/2008
Security Principles
If you know the underlying principles for security, you can be more effective in your security...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/07/2008
patterns and practices WCF Security Application Scenarios
We published an updated set of our WCF Security application scenarios yesterday, as part of our...
Author: JD Meier Date: 04/03/2008
patterns and practices WCF Security Guidance Now Available
Our patterns & practices WCF Security Guidance Project is in progress on CodePlex. This is our...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/27/2008
Tests for Success
How do you identify the bull's-eye among your stakeholders? Nothing's worse than finishing a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/26/2008
Turning Chickens into Pigs
Note: This article is updated at Turning Chickens into Pigs. Have you ever been on a project where...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/25/2008
How To Differentiate
How can you differentiate what you do? This can be particularly difficult in problem spaces...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/24/2008
Life Frame
What is your life frame? What are the key buckets in your life that you need to balance across? If...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/20/2008
Success is When the Response Meets the Challenge
I know success means a lot of things to a lot of people. My favorite definition is...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/19/2008
Adapt, Adjust, or Avoid
How do you make the most of any situation? Figure out whether you need to adapt, adjust or avoid....
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/19/2008
Win the Heart, the Mind Follows
How do you get the people on your side or inspire a vision or change the world? First win the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/18/2008
How To Choose an Effective Blog Template or Theme
How do you pick the right theme for your blog? The challenge is that it's not a linear...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/17/2008
Tags vs. Categories
What's the difference between tags vs. categories in your blog? A lot. Knowing the difference...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/10/2008
patterns and practices Complete Catalog
What's the full patterns & practices catalog? I created a quick index of the patterns &...
Author: JD Meier Date: 03/03/2008
Patterns and Practices for Visual Studio Team System
I thought it might be helpful to walk through a deliverable so you can see my current approach for...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/29/2008
Lessons Learned from the Most Successful Innovators
What practices can we learn from the leaders in innovation? How can you improve the success of...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/25/2008
Innovation Life Cycle
Note: This article is updated at 4 Stages of Innovation (The Innovation Life Cycle). What are the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/25/2008
High-Leverage Strategies for Innovation
Note: This article is updated at 10 High-Leverage Strategies for Innovation. What are the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/25/2008
Top 100 Blogs in Technorati
I created a snapshot of the top 100 blogs according to Technorati. I'll be starting with these blogs...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/23/2008
5 Keys to Improving Your Reading Speed
How can you read faster while improving your comprehension? A few of my colleagues who follow my...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/19/2008
Start With Something Simple
What's the best way to build momentum and get results? Start with something simple. Seriously. I get...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/09/2008
2007 Post Roundup
I'm in the process of analyzing my blogging strategies and practices. As part of the process, I'm...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/05/2008
The Change Frame
How do you improve your results? How do you consistently increase your success? Have you...
Author: JD Meier Date: 02/04/2008