Beyond Software Architecture: Creating and Sustaining Winning Solutions (Addison-Wesley Signature) by Luke Hohmann £24.79

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A hands-on "field manual" to becoming a software architect and improving your craft.
Fully revised and updated to reflect the latest trends in software architecture
Allows you to execute heavyweight or lightweight approaches to architecture and identify the best architectural model for any project
Added coverage of UML 2.0 and Model-Driven Architecture Hands-on exercises, real-life war stories, and a take-no-prisoners attitude made the first edition of this book among the most popular software architecture books in the market. This timely second edition retains those popular characteristics, with added treatment to reflect the latest trends and developments in the world of software development. Software architecture continues to grow as a discipline as more and more development organizations have recognized that solid architecture begets successful projects. This new edition is ideal for software professionals who want to learn how to be a successful software architect. The authors teach you how to avoid time-consuming pitfalls and costly errors through a solid architecture strategy.

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Hands-on exercises, real-life war stories, and a take-no-prisoners attitude madethe first edition of this book among the most popular software architecturebooks in the market. This timely second edition retains those popularcharacteristics, with added treatment to reflect the latest trends anddevelopments in the world of software development. Software architecturecontinues to grow as a discipline as more and more development organizationshave recognized that solid architecture begets successful projects. This newedition is ideal for software professionals who want to learn how to be asuccessful software architect. The authors teach you how to avoid timeconsumingpitfalls and costly errors through a solid architecture strategy.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   13 of 13 people found the following review helpful: A Game of Two Halves, 17 Jan 2002 By  A. K. Johnston "(www.andrewj.com/books)" (LEATHERHEAD United Kingdom) - See all my reviews          This review is from: Software Architect Bootcamp (Paperback) Like the famous description of soccer, this book is very much a "game of two halves". Half the book, maybe more, discusses the role of a software architect - the architect's approach, attitude, responsibilities, processes and techniques. This is excellent: clear and concise, encouraging if you are a newcomer but still stimulating if you are a more seasoned architect. It is without doubt one of the best descriptions I have read. Unfortunately, the other half of the book is less useful. The technical parts are either too simplistic, or too detailed when discussing a particular solution favoured by the authors. The text frequently tends to become a repetitive and thinly-disguised commercial for CORBA, and there is an obsession with standards such as RM-ODP which are simply not relevant to a great many commercial developers. The few examples are very simplistic, with no real discussion of many of the technical issues which a real architecture must address. The book would have been much better for more care in its editing and presentation. The quality of proof-reading is in general poor, but becomes quite appalling in some of the technical sections - evidence perhaps that the authors allowed their technical stance to dictate a poor choice of word processor. The choice of diagrams seems random: some are good, but some difficult discussions cry out for a diagram (horizontal and vertical partitioning, for example), while in other places a diagram confuses where the text is clear. The reference list is incomplete, omitting even the authors' "primary" reference which is quoted, frequently, in the text. All this is doubly disappointing when you consider that one of the authors is the series editor, and both were co-authors of the excellent "AntiPatterns" book. My advice: if you are happy with the technological side of software architecture, and want advice on how to be a better architect, then buy this book, but read chapters 5 through 9 before you even attempt to read the first part. If, however, you are seeking technical guidance in the real world of software from Microsoft, Oracle and a host of legacy systems, then look elsewhere...  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   0 of 10 people found the following review helpful: Good starting point to become a Software Architect, 16 April 2001 By A Customer This review is from: Software Architect Bootcamp (Paperback) After reading this book I realized that for a long time I allready was doing software architecture work... The use of a military boot camp analogy is delicious, because there is a WAR out there!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 2 customer reviews...		Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews