New Architect Journal Released

Two weeks ago a new issue of The Architecture Journal was published . It’s themed on Architecture Modeling and Processes, preluding the launch of Visual Studio 2010 announced yesterday.

It is featuring 7 new articles, 10 sidebars and 6 videos. Early feedback was positive with three articles currently rating 5 stars (the maximum) on MSDN.

Following articles are presented in this issue:

• Change-enabled architectures. Brandon Satrom and Paul Rayner advise us on how to keep architecture relevant, and not forgotten, after the solution has been implemented.
• Architecture verification. V. Gnanasekaran explains ways to confirm that a given approach meets specific criteria prior to going to the next level.
• Enterprise architecture. Sam Holcman details the four pillars of success.
• Adaptable solutions for different deployment contexts. Charlie Alfred identifies the implications and trade-offs, with illustrative examples.
• Unified Modeling Language (UML) vs. Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs). Lenny Fenster and Brooke Hamilton dive in to the pros and cons of both alternatives, and show that these can eventually be combined.
• Maturing architectures in agile processes. I wish that I had read articles like Alan Wills’s or Diego Fontdevila and Martín Salías’s before starting my first agile process last decade—when I couldn’t deal with the fact that the next release was in three weeks, and I felt unable to complete my architecture in less than two-and-a-half months.

Enjoy the read at: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/bb410935.aspx