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Reminder: Creating a Data Model for Your Enterprise

Want to cripple business agility and make developers miserable? A poorly-designed and maintained data model will do all that and more. If you'd prefer to build a maintainable data architecture, come hear Jason Tiret present "Modeling for Your Enterprise" this coming Tuesday, July 6, at 6:00 p.m.

Two Day Visual Studio 2010 Briefing on June 22-23

This is not a ColARC event, but you might like it anyway...

TFS 2010 Overview, Scrum integration: June 22-23

Jason Tiret Presents Modeling for Your Enterprise on July 6

Most small to medium organizations place a premium on development and deliverables rather than documentation and architecture. While this may be great to get the business started, things can quickly spiral out of control as new systems are put in place.

Jason Tiret, Director of Modeling and Architecture Solutions for Embarcadero Technologies, will be the featured presenter for the July meeting of the Columbus Architecture Group. This session will teach the user how to build a practical data architecture strategy from the ground up!

Jason's presentation, called "Modeling for Your Enterprise," will include the top 5 best practices for using data models to capture metadata effectively and support key enterprise initiatives such as Business Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Governance and Compliance, and SOA. Jason lives in California and will be presenting and answering questions via LiveMeeting, just for Columbus Architecture Group.

The presentation will be held Tuesday, July 6, at 6:00 p.m, at ICC, 2500 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 310, Columbus, OH 43231. The meetings are always free, and we usually give away books and other door prizes.

June 1 Meeting: Can Developers and Management to See Eye to Eye on Nonfunctional Requirements and Technical Debt?

Deciding between spending development time working on flashy new features, paying back technical debt, or implementing so-called "nonfunctional requirements" can be a source of tension between developers and business managers. Some authors suggest ways to argue in favor of paying back technical debt.

Of course, sometimes it's appropriate to take on technical debt or defer working on nonfunctional changes. Architects can do better than just being ready to counter arguments against spending time on these issues when they come up. Well-managed technical debt is part of a software design. A good architect needs to consider technical issues in light of business needs. Not surprisingly, visibility and communication are the keys to doing this successfully.

On Tuesday, June 1, at 6:00 p.m., at ICC, 2500 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 310, Columbus, OH 43231, we'll examine this issue in more depth. How can a team leader bridge communication gaps between developers and business management? What are effective ways of managing nonfunctional requirements? When does it make sense to take on technical debt, and why?

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May Meeting Announcement

The next Columbus Architecture Group meeting will be on Tuesday May 4th, at 6:00 p.m., at ICC,2500 Corporate Exchange Drive, Suite 310, Columbus, OH 43231.

The Case for Cloud Computing: What is Azure, and Why would I use it?

Is cloud computing the rage? Is it the new buzz? What if we have been doing it for years, and we didn’t even know. Let’s talk about the how’s and why’s to arm you to use critical thought in your own environment to see if and when cloud computing might help you out.

Brian Prince

Brian H. Prince is an Architect Evangelist for Microsoft.

He gets super excited whenever he talks about technology, especially cloud computing, patterns, and practices. His job is to help customers strategically leverage MS technology, and help them bring their architecture to a super level.

In a past life Brian was a part of super startups, super marketing firms, and super consulting firms. Much of his super architecture background includes building super scalable applications, application integration, and award winning web applications. All of them were super.

Further, he is a co-founder of the non-profit organization CodeMash (www.codemash.org). He speaks at various regional and national technology events including TechEd. He only wishes his job didn’t require him to say ‘super’ so much.

Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He is also a zealous gamer. For example, he is a huge fan of Fallout 3.