Eating the IT Elephant

Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield

Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Quality Control, Information Management
Cover of the book Eating the IT Elephant by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins, Pearson Education
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins ISBN: 9780132704267
Publisher: Pearson Education Publication: April 29, 2008
Imprint: IBM Press Language: English
Author: Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
ISBN: 9780132704267
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication: April 29, 2008
Imprint: IBM Press
Language: English

A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems

 

For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst

 

“Richard and Kevin introduce us to a reality that’s often neglected in our industry: the problem of evolving legacy systems, a domain they call ‘Brownfield development.’ The authors identify the root of the problem as that of complexity, and offer an approach that focuses on the fundamentals of abstraction and efficient communication to nibble at this problem of transformation bit by bit. As the old saying goes, the way you eat the elephant is one bite at a time. Richard and Kevin bring us to the table with knife and fork and other tools, and show us a way to devour this elephant in the room.”

Grady Booch, IBM Fellow, co-creator of UML

 

“Most organizations in the 21st century have an existing, complex systems landscape. It is time that the IT industry face up to the reality of the situation and the need for new development methods and tools that address it. This book describes a new approach to the development of future systems: a structured approach that recognizes the challenges of ‘Brownfield’ development, is based on engineering principles, and is supported by appropriate tooling.”

Chris Winter, CEng CITP FBCS FIET, IBM Fellow, Member of the IBM Academy of Technology

 

Most conventional approaches to IT development assume that you’re building entirely new systems. Today, “Greenfield” development is a rarity. Nearly every project exists in the context of existing, complex system landscapes--often poorly documented and poorly understood. Now, two of IBM’s most experienced senior architects offer a new approach that is fully optimized for the unique realities of “Brownfield” development.

 

Richard Hopkins and Kevin Jenkins explain why accumulated business and IT complexity is the root cause of large-scale project failure and show how to overcome that complexity “one bite of the elephant at a time.” You’ll learn how to manage every phase of the Brownfield project, leveraging breakthrough collaboration, communication, and visualization tools--including Web 2.0, semantic software engineering, model-driven development and architecture, and even virtual worlds.

 

This book will help you reengineer new flexibility and agility into your IT environment…integrate more effectively with partners…prepare for emerging business challenges… improve system reuse and value…reduce project failure rates…meet any business or IT challenge that requires the evolution or transformation of legacy systems.

 

·   System complexity: understand it, and harness it

    Go beyond the comforting illusion of your high-level architecture diagrams

 

·   How conventional development techniques actually make things worse

    Why traditional decomposition and abstraction don’t work--and what to do instead

 

·   Reliably reengineer your IT in line with your business priorities

    New ways to understand, communicate, visualize, collaborate, and solve complex IT problems

 

·   Cut the elephant down to size, one step at a time

    Master all four phases of a Brownfield project: survey, engineer, accept, and deploy

 

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A Practical, Start-to-Finish Approach to Managing, Evolving, and Transforming Legacy IT Systems

 

For every IT executive, manager, architect, program leader, project leader, and lead analyst

 

“Richard and Kevin introduce us to a reality that’s often neglected in our industry: the problem of evolving legacy systems, a domain they call ‘Brownfield development.’ The authors identify the root of the problem as that of complexity, and offer an approach that focuses on the fundamentals of abstraction and efficient communication to nibble at this problem of transformation bit by bit. As the old saying goes, the way you eat the elephant is one bite at a time. Richard and Kevin bring us to the table with knife and fork and other tools, and show us a way to devour this elephant in the room.”

Grady Booch, IBM Fellow, co-creator of UML

 

“Most organizations in the 21st century have an existing, complex systems landscape. It is time that the IT industry face up to the reality of the situation and the need for new development methods and tools that address it. This book describes a new approach to the development of future systems: a structured approach that recognizes the challenges of ‘Brownfield’ development, is based on engineering principles, and is supported by appropriate tooling.”

Chris Winter, CEng CITP FBCS FIET, IBM Fellow, Member of the IBM Academy of Technology

 

Most conventional approaches to IT development assume that you’re building entirely new systems. Today, “Greenfield” development is a rarity. Nearly every project exists in the context of existing, complex system landscapes--often poorly documented and poorly understood. Now, two of IBM’s most experienced senior architects offer a new approach that is fully optimized for the unique realities of “Brownfield” development.

 

Richard Hopkins and Kevin Jenkins explain why accumulated business and IT complexity is the root cause of large-scale project failure and show how to overcome that complexity “one bite of the elephant at a time.” You’ll learn how to manage every phase of the Brownfield project, leveraging breakthrough collaboration, communication, and visualization tools--including Web 2.0, semantic software engineering, model-driven development and architecture, and even virtual worlds.

 

This book will help you reengineer new flexibility and agility into your IT environment…integrate more effectively with partners…prepare for emerging business challenges… improve system reuse and value…reduce project failure rates…meet any business or IT challenge that requires the evolution or transformation of legacy systems.

 

·   System complexity: understand it, and harness it

    Go beyond the comforting illusion of your high-level architecture diagrams

 

·   How conventional development techniques actually make things worse

    Why traditional decomposition and abstraction don’t work--and what to do instead

 

·   Reliably reengineer your IT in line with your business priorities

    New ways to understand, communicate, visualize, collaborate, and solve complex IT problems

 

·   Cut the elephant down to size, one step at a time

    Master all four phases of a Brownfield project: survey, engineer, accept, and deploy

 

More books from Pearson Education

Cover of the book The Business of IT by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book CompTIA A+ 220-901 and 220-902 Practice Questions Exam Cram by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book CompTIA Project+ Cert Guide by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Inside the Mind of the Shopper by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Chinese Counterfeiting and Piracy by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Node.js, MongoDB and Angular Web Development by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Creating DSLR Video by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Visual Poetry by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book The iPad Air and iPad mini Pocket Guide by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Perl Debugged by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book QuickBooks 2009 Solutions Guide for Business Owners and Accountants by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Designing the Obvious by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Tapping into Unstructured Data by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book How to Begin Your New Path (Collection) by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
Cover of the book Adobe Flash Professional CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) by Richard Hopkins, Kevin Jenkins
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy