Jim Carey

Over the past two months, we've looked at the process of extracting a business application pattern from a series of business requirements. You've seen this pattern take shape, from its original form as a design meeting the specific needs of a particular business application (conf... (more)

This month we'll look at pattern discovery in more detail by continuing to examine a business application pattern we discovered and documented. Our focus isn't on creating formal patterns, but on capturing, refining, and sharing the knowledge gained during development. We'll disc... (more)

You're probably saying to yourself, "Oh, no! Not another patterns article!" Technically, that's what this is. However, instead of simply showing you a finished pattern, we're going to look at pattern discovery. And, while what we'll talk about can help you capture fundamental pat... (more)