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Architecting solutions

Describe how architecture interacts with feature designs, and how that ties back to business.

From 'Beautiful Architecture':

Software Components

Structure

Relations

Design Concerns

Information Hiding (work partitioning and design decisions)

Information Hiding Modules

Is a part of

Is contained in

Changeability

Modularity

Buildability

Uses ('layering')

Programs

Uses

Producibility

Ecosystem Read more »

Medical robotics

Discuss use of robotic augmentation devices, such as described by Dean Kamen here.

Also explore and discuss use of robotics for surgery, as described here.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/12/keiko-the-robot-patient-helps-train-a-new-generation-of-robot-do/

What costs to control and when

There are several layers of this investigation:

  1. Cost collection and reporting
  2. Effort collection and reporting
  3. Management of base and elastic costs
  4. Rework tracking and management
  5. Effort optimization
  6. Lifecycle value management

 

Seven deadly organizational sins and their penance

Seven deadly sinsAs a complement to the original Seven deadly sins, there are a set of classic organizational patterns that are equally hazardous to achieving an organization's potential. I offer them here, in no particular order, to stimulate consideration about their pervasiveness, validate the seriousness of their impact, and educate and instruct others regarding the risks which they represent. Read more »

Want to bet?

Discuss various prediction market schemes and tools.

Recognize they can be manipulated.

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