Correction: 1. Slides are probably NOT very enlightening - but I'll ask Judith to post them anyhow...
For further reading a white-paper is also in production and will be available shortly - Perhaps in some form, included in the next issue of FAQ-U. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions. -- Clark > Doug, > > This process has saved my butt many times to be sure. > > I think everyone who's in the business knows the story. > > (Manager) "hmm.. yah, can we change the e-mail address on the login > screen to be a username instead", of course this request is naturally > followed with "that won't take long right?". It's surprising > (although it shouldn't be) how a tiny little requirements adjustment > like that can end up touching a handful of different files (not to > mention the database) when you're working with a fully implemented > system. If we're talking about an HTML prototype the change takes > maybe 15 minutes, tops. There's nothing like the pleasure in a > client's voice when you ask them to refresh their page before they've > even gotten off the phone and their request is a reality (even if they > turn around and ask you to change it back). > > I find the IDA process allows developers to align their goals with > that of the client and "give em' what they want", without concern for > the hours of hard coding work you'd have to throw away. If we can do > this, we're truly free to lookout for our client's best interests. In > some ways the flow or "tempo" of the project is slowed down and it's > surprising how innovation will just happen when we're not resisting > change. > > I'll ask Judith to post my slides on the site, though I'm sure they're > very enlightening all by themselves. > > The real credit for the vision of IDA (and FliP for that matter) got > to "the man himself" (Hal Helms). But if you'd like to discuss > specifics of the methodology I'm always game. > > There's an IDA "handbook" aimed at managers and clients currently in > production. When it's 100% we may decide to make it available to the > developer public. > > -- Clark Valberg > > > >thanks for the reply! > > > >Any materials to post on > >http://www.nycfug.org/dispatch.cfm?a=home.homeconcerning your talk? > > > >Yeah, sounded like the idea covered in FliP, was just digging around > and > >can't find much on the phrase "Interface Driven Architecture". > Wondered if > >its a a new term, re-invented term, or what. Its mostly what my team > does, > >though we've not followed this approach as much as we should have, > talking > >of technology a wee bit too early. Wanted to start reading up on > this, have > >access to Safari On-line and was looking around. > > > >DK > > > > > >On 12/26/06, Clark Valberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265058 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
