ANN: Pattern Writing Workshp, late Sept 2004, Leipzig, Germany

P A T T E R N W R I T I N G W O R K S H O P 2004
with Prof. James O. Coplien (Ph.D.), Hans Hartmann, Wolfgang Keller
September 29th and 30th 2004, Leipzig, Germany


we are pleased to be able to offer a pattern writing workshop in
a very inspiring athmosphere. Also if you have not yet thought about writing
patterns, this workshop might be interesting for you. Have a look at
http://www.objectarchitects.de/patternwriting2004/

From the description:

Why would you want to participate in a Pattern Writing Workshop?

Most software architects and project managers use patterns today.
The most known ones are the GOF patterns but in the meantime the
body of pattern literature has grown rapidly. But there's far more in
patterns than just "templates for good design". The culture behind
patterns can make you a more productive software architect or project
lead the review format of a writers' workshop is suited to make review
meetings far more productive than the ordinary "negative style"
review meeting.

By forcing only positive comments, review meetings become more productive.
In order to get this aspect it is good to have experienced it
patterns make you more conscious about forces (or call them trade-offs)
in software design work. If you only read patterns you will not
necessarily get this aspect - but if you have made the experience of writing a
pattern you will profit from the deeper thinking on forces. This also makes
you more productive as you see a design more in the context of forces
than in the context of "I am right - no I am right".

Often discussions over this or that solutions become religious
With pattern writing you get the skills to take religion out of design
discussions and inject productivity.

As a bonus you will get some insight into the latest work by Jim Coplien
on "Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development"

Mehr Details finden Sie auf
http://www.objectarchitects.de/patternwriting2004/

Der Workshop wird organisiert von der Universität Leipzig und tranSIT
GmbH, unterstützt von der Hillside Group, Europe
und gesponsored von der Generali Gruppe (Deutschland und Österreich)

Best regards

Wolfgang Keller
mailto:wk@objectarchitects.de
http://www.objectarchitects.de/

PS: tranSIT is also please to offer all participants of the above mentioned
workshop a 25% discount on day tickets for
Net.ObjectDays 2004 (NODe http://www.netobjectdays.org/ ) on the 27th and
28th of September in Erfurt