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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Systems Architecture | |
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| Canaxia Brings an Architect on Board | |
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| Network Protocols | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Software Architecture | |
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| What Is Software Architecture? | |
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| The Role of a Software Architect | |
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| Why We Need Software Architecture | |
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| The System Stakeholders | |
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| Creating a Software Architecture: An Example | |
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| Architecture Description Languages and UML | |
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| Quality Attributes | |
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| Architectural Viewpoints | |
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| Architectural Styles, Patterns, and Metaphors | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Service-Oriented Architecture | |
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| Benefits of an SOA | |
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| Characteristics of an SOA | |
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| Web Services | |
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| Services at Canaxia | |
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| SOA Issues | |
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| SOA Management | |
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| SOA Best Practices | |
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| SOA Antipatterns | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Software Product Lines | |
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| Product Lines at Canaxia | |
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| History of Product Lines | |
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| What Is a Software Product Line? | |
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| Product Line Benefits | |
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| Product Line Aspects | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Methodology Overview | |
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| The Software Development Life Cycle | |
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| Extreme Programming | |
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| SEI/CMM | |
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| The Zachman Framework | |
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| Model-Driven Architecture | |
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| Rational Unified Process | |
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| Using These Methodologies | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Enterprise Unified Process | |
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| The Enterprise-Unified Process | |
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| The Production Phase | |
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| The Retirement Phase | |
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| The Operations and Support Discipline | |
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| The Enterprise Management Discipline | |
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| Why Adopt the EUP? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Agile Architecture | |
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| Agility in a Nutshell | |
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| Potential Problems with Traditional Approaches to Enterprise Architecture | |
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| An Agile Approach to Architecture | |
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| What Should Agile Architecture Efforts Produce? | |
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| Agile Architecture at Canaxia | |
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| Introducing an Agile Approach into Your Organization | |
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| Are Other Architecture Approaches Agile? | |
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| Potential Problems with an Agile Approach | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Agile Modeling | |
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| The Goals of Agile Modeling | |
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| Agile Models | |
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| Agile Documents | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Presentation Tier Architecture | |
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| Key Presentation Tier Components | |
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| General Design Recommendations | |
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| Design Guidelines for Interface Components | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Usability and User Experience | |
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| Understanding Usability | |
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| User Experience Components | |
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| Usability and User Experience Design Process | |
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| Usability Techniques | |
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| Sharing the Usability Test Reports | |
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| Out-of-the-Box Experience | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Data Architecture | |
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| The Business Problem | |
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| Baseline Data Architecture | |
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| Frameworks | |
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| Metadata | |
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| Advanced Metadata Architecture | |
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| Data Security | |
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| Agile Database Techniques | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Thought Leadership | |
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| Organizational Matrix | |
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| Outsourcing and Core Competencies | |
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| Strong Technical Leadership | |
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| Architects Stand the Test of Time | |
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| The Savage Pursuit of Best Practices | |
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| The Agile CIO | |
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| The Mysteries of Open Source | |
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| Consultant 101 | |
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| Why I Should Be a CIO | |
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| The Next Minute | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendix A | |
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| Appendix B | |
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| Appendix C | |
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| Appendix D | |
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| Appendix E | |
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| Appendix F | |
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| Appendix G | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Index | |