Monthly Archives - November 2014

Book Summary and Review: Stories That Move Mountains- Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations

Stories That Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations by Martin Sykes My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book is great in terms of layout and content. It tackles the subject of preparing persuasive presentations. However, I can find it fit in area of change management as well. The CAST method is explained...

Demystifying Architecture vs Design Patterns

Patterns are repeated and consistent common characteristics that help in identifying phenomenon, problem or solution. The pattern is well-known concept that has been used for long time across many industries and practices to summarize previous experience and avoid re-inventing the wheel. Patterns were used in natural science, geometry, mathematics, engineering, art, etc. In software industry, patterns appear in two main contexts:...

Service Components

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – Episode 3 (Services Types)

This is the 3rd episode in the series exploring service oriented architecture (SOA). One of the important aspects while learning SOA is to understand the concept of service and variations of service types. A service is a self-contained unit of software that performs a specific task. It has three components: an interface, a contract, and implementation. The interface defines how...