Services

I only consult for topics, concepts and tools of which I am really convinced. That means that I am not going to jump on the hype bandwagons just because things are cool. I want to see things work, and provide real advantages over established approaches. Also, I want typically want to see code (or models :-)). I am not a "powerpoint architect". It is important not to loose contact with the real world.

References are online, too.

In addition to working for customers, I try to work on a more conceptual/research level. From this work, I extract my patterns, magazine articles, conference talks and books.

Topics

• Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD) is the basis for efficient software development and allows to scale the development project to larger teams.
• A well-defined software architecture is critical for any software system and development project. Thus, one of my focuses is on helping to define consistent and implementable software architectures.
• Middleware is often the basis for today's software systems. Selecting (or implementing) the right middleware platform is an important precondition for a successful software project.
• Product Lines are often an important factor in today's software development. More and more companies are building the products as part of a product line, as opposed to building one-off solutions. The synergies between PLE and MDSD and architecture are obvious.
• Documentation and Communication is something that is often underrated, although for technically complex systems, having good documentation is essential. Based on my experience with patterns, magazine articles, conference talks, and books and podcasts I can help you with your documentation challenges: documents, presentations or audio programmes.

Activities

• Consulting and Coaching: The baseline for my work is consulting and coaching. I will be on site with your team and help you with the topics listes above. A gig may last a couple of days, or a year or longer. I will either act as a consultant that helps you set up or review your project, architecture or development methodology, or I will play an active role in the development project, as part of your team.
• Trainings and Workshops: Based on my consulting experience, I will come to your site and deliver high end training or conduct technology workshops with your team. The topics are based on the technologies I have worked with in my projects. You can also look at the list of trainings I delivered in the past, or the tutorials, talks and workshops I have presented or organized at various conferences.
• Evaluation and Prototypes: Evaluating whether a given paradigm or technology works for a given context is often a major challenge. As a consultant who sees many different projects and technologies, it is relatively easy to evaluate a technology or build a prototype. Consequently, technology evaluation and prototyping is another aspect of my work.
• Open Source Projects: I am also involved in building several open source projects, some of them professional grade ( openArchitectureWare, Eclipse Modeling as well as a number of smaller projects that are intended to forward certain interesting topics related to domain-specific languages, model-driven devleopment and product line engineering.