Category Archives: Conceptual Models

Naur’s “Programming as Theory Building”

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

A critique from Alistair Cockburn on how the agile movement is under attack from Taylorism led me to an essay by Dave West on the philosophical incompatibilities between lean and agile techniques, and this in turn led me to finally … Continue reading →

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Inflo is out

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

I had forgotten to post this announcement: Inflo, an online tool to collaboratively construct arguments, is out! Jono Lung, the brains behind the idea and a friend of mine, explains: Inflo is an on-line tool for collaboratively constructing arguments.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Whiteboard diagramming

Posted on August 14, 2007 by

As you probably know if you’re keeping in touch with the software engineering research community, there has been plenty of research on conceptual modeling in recent years. Most of it focuses on the creation, refinement, and formalization of modeling languages … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Conceptual Models, Information visualization, Software development, UML | 4 Comments

UML usage survey

Posted on November 13, 2006 by

The May 2006 issue of the Communications of the ACM has a survey (subscription or payment required) by Brian Dobing and Jeffrey Parsons on the usage of UML in software development projects. Most participants were contacted through the OMG, the … Continue reading →

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