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Architect community FAQ and Team system Architect Edition
Name: Mark CarrollTitle: Architect – Developer and Platform StrategyCompany: Microsoft (NZ)
Session Code: ARC208
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AgendaSummary of Architect Events over the last year and coming year;Most common questions at events;What areas (specialisations) of architecture are there ?What are the ‘frameworks’ I should know ?Technology aids for the architect;
VSTS 2008 – Architect edition;VSTS Rosario – Architect edition as at April CTP;Others;
What community groups can assist architects;
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Summary of Architect Events over the last year
Nearly 800 people attended 24 Architect events last year in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch;Subjects varied from deep solutions architecture (WCF, REST, WF etc) to high level governance and strategic issues
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Coming Architect Events over the next year
Plans for;Domain specific languages;Motion (Business architecture);Silverlight / IE8 new technology showcases;Sessions by customers and partners on actual implementations and projects;
Locns – AKL, WLG, CHC
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Most common questions at events;How to become an architect;What field of architecture is most in demand;What are the best places to go to keep up to date;What qualifications / certifications should I look at ?What is the most important thing required to implement an architecture ?
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What areas (specialisations) of architecture are out there ?
Strategic / Enterprise;Solutions;Infrastructure;Information;..... But there are more
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What are the ‘frameworks’ I should know ?
ZachmannMSF.NET Framework
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Technology aids for the architect;
Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect EditionPart 2 – VSTS Rosario Architect Features as of April CTPPart 3 – Other tools commonly used
SPARC Enterprise Architect;Visio based tools ;
V–Model as it relates to IDE’s
Component Design
Component Development
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Acceptance Testing
Release Testing
System Design
System Specification
Requirements
Business Case
Team edition for
Testers
Team edition for Developer
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Team Explorer
Team edition for architects
Team edition for
DB-Pros
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Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition
The Logical Datacenter DesignerThe Application Connection DesignerThe Class Designer
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Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Logical Datacenter Designer
Services assignedto logical infrastructure
Architecture validatedagainst operational
settings and constraints
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Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Application Connection Designer
Service-OrientedArchitecture model
Port Details editor
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Part 1 – VSTS 2008 Architect Edition The Class Designer
Class Designerand
two-way code synch
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Part 2 – VSTS Rosario Architect Features as of April CTP
demo
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Part 3 – Other tools commonly used
Sparx Enterprise architect
Just setup a user group for NZ;Integrates with Visual Studio;UML modelling;See - http://www.sparxsystems.co.nz/
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The Architect and Community in NZ;
MS Architect Community – Monthly sessions (except Jan and July) in AKL, WLG, CHC;
To Join: Email to [email protected] with subject line ‘Subscribe’ *1
NZ Team Systems User Group – Monthly (sort of) sessions in AKL, WLG, CHC
To Join: Email to [email protected] with subject line ‘Subscribe’ *1
*1: Please make sure we can determine your location from the email body – an email signature will usually give us all the info we need.
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NZ .NET User community
Many user groups – some generalist some specialised – eg: Sharepoint, SQL Server
To join: Visit http://www.dot.net.nz/
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Q & A
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Please complete anevaluation
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