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isn’t sufficient—you also will need to invest in training and mentoring. • Good modeling tools are expensive. But, when used properly by skilled people, they provide a lot of benefit. • Many modelers struggle with agile development. There are people out there with great software modeling skills, but they’re often convinced that they need to model everything up front in detail before development can begin. These people can be valuable members of agile teams, but they must be willing to adopt agile ways of working, to share their skills with others, and to pick up new skills along the way. Modeling is an important part of agile software development. But it is possible to gain the benefits of modeling without the pain of the needless documentation that often is associated with modeling on traditional projects. We’ve shown you how modeling fits into the agile lifecycle in a lean and streamlined manner, which improves overall team productivity. Don’t let the rhetoric of some agile developers dissuade you from taking advantage of agile modeling techniques and good tooling. {end} references: 1] Ambler, S.W. Agile Modeling: Effective Practices for Extreme Programming and the Unified Process. New York: Wiley Publishing, 2002. 2] Ambler, S.W. The Object Primer: Agile Model-Driven Development with UML 2.0. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 3] Ambler, S.W. Scaling Test-Driven Development (TDD). Dr. Dobb’s Journal, February 2008. Figure 12: Bid EJBs model www.ddj.com/architect/205207998 4] Ambler, S.W. Answering the “Where is the Proof that Agile Works” Question. 2007. www.agilemodeling.com/essays/proof.htm 5] Ambler, S.W. Examining the Big Requirements Up Front (BRUF) Approach. 2007. www .agilemodeling.com/essays/examiningBRUF.htm 6] Dr. Dobb’s Journal. Agile Adoption Rate Survey: March 2007. www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ agileMarch2007.html 7] Ambler, S.W. The “Model a Bit Ahead” Pattern. 2005. www.agilemodeling.com/essays/ modelAhead.htm Figure 13: Generated EJB classes visualization www.StickyMinds.com JUNE 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 29 http://www.ddj.com/architect/205207998 http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/proof.htm http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/examiningBRUF.htm http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/examiningBRUF.htm http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/agileMarch2007.html http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/agileMarch2007.html http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/modelAhead.htm http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/modelAhead.htm http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - June 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors Technically Speaking eLightenment Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles Agile Model-Driven Development The Myth of Risk Management Stop the Insanity! Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About … The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - June 2008

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