The OOP 2008 is over and you've been able to read my little notes about it here. Now it's time for a little summary.
First, there's no real great new megatrend. The most topics are known since many years, in technology and in processes. Only soft-skills seem to be more important than ever. But the informations for this issue base on the work of psychologist also many years ago, too. But even if there's no new topic all of the existing evolved. So I got many new details for my daily work. But what's really disappointing is the fact, that notwithstanding those continuous improvements so many projects fail. The talks to other visitors approved the CHAOS report of the Standish Group. Most of the problems have no technical reasons but in their management, the engineering and the process.
One real positive observation of the OOP has been the increasing acceptance of dynamic typed languages. There haven been many Ruby tracks and since last week also our Smalltalk group at Xing has got many new members. The dynamic language shootout has been won by Thorsten Seitz and his Smalltalk and Seaside based solution, the Smalltalk evening has had the best reception ever, and the booth of Heeg, Cincom, and Gemstone has allways been visited very good. Only the established tool vendors still hesitate. But I think the market is opening for more heterogeneous solutions, with the right tool for the right task.
Another observation has been the trend to graphical domain specific languages. Some of those are based on the UML due to the existing knowledge of the vendors, others are concentrated on those DSLs from the beginning. Also several of the graphics are very similar to UML or process modeling, others present user interfaces or well known icons to the user. I do like this trend because it's more oriented to the customer. Btw, anyone who's interested in more informations should take a deeper look at MetaCase. This tool is impressive and written in Smalltalk. *smile*
SOA gets more and more established. The hype is over, definitely. Now it's time for the real work. And thanks to several very good speakers with a real experience there's now more information than provided by vendors for the managers. And SOA works, it has advantages, but not everywhere and only with the right consequences. So this should always by in mind when discussing about migrating to a SOA.
The best tracks have been about software architecture. They've been about interfaces, documentation, quality, modeling strategics, or the tasks of a software architect. The speakers once again have been the best. Now I've got a lot of material to work through the next days.
One of the greatest values of the OOP is - as always - the networking between the delegates, the speakers, and the exhibitors. I've refreshed many contacts and got new ones. And in my past those contacts always have been helpful. I hope this also applies for many of my contacts. Additionally I want to thank SIGS DATACOM for the perfect organization.
First, there's no real great new megatrend. The most topics are known since many years, in technology and in processes. Only soft-skills seem to be more important than ever. But the informations for this issue base on the work of psychologist also many years ago, too. But even if there's no new topic all of the existing evolved. So I got many new details for my daily work. But what's really disappointing is the fact, that notwithstanding those continuous improvements so many projects fail. The talks to other visitors approved the CHAOS report of the Standish Group. Most of the problems have no technical reasons but in their management, the engineering and the process.
One real positive observation of the OOP has been the increasing acceptance of dynamic typed languages. There haven been many Ruby tracks and since last week also our Smalltalk group at Xing has got many new members. The dynamic language shootout has been won by Thorsten Seitz and his Smalltalk and Seaside based solution, the Smalltalk evening has had the best reception ever, and the booth of Heeg, Cincom, and Gemstone has allways been visited very good. Only the established tool vendors still hesitate. But I think the market is opening for more heterogeneous solutions, with the right tool for the right task.
Another observation has been the trend to graphical domain specific languages. Some of those are based on the UML due to the existing knowledge of the vendors, others are concentrated on those DSLs from the beginning. Also several of the graphics are very similar to UML or process modeling, others present user interfaces or well known icons to the user. I do like this trend because it's more oriented to the customer. Btw, anyone who's interested in more informations should take a deeper look at MetaCase. This tool is impressive and written in Smalltalk. *smile*
SOA gets more and more established. The hype is over, definitely. Now it's time for the real work. And thanks to several very good speakers with a real experience there's now more information than provided by vendors for the managers. And SOA works, it has advantages, but not everywhere and only with the right consequences. So this should always by in mind when discussing about migrating to a SOA.
The best tracks have been about software architecture. They've been about interfaces, documentation, quality, modeling strategics, or the tasks of a software architect. The speakers once again have been the best. Now I've got a lot of material to work through the next days.
One of the greatest values of the OOP is - as always - the networking between the delegates, the speakers, and the exhibitors. I've refreshed many contacts and got new ones. And in my past those contacts always have been helpful. I hope this also applies for many of my contacts. Additionally I want to thank SIGS DATACOM for the perfect organization.
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