Mark Dickson's Blog

Whilst I finalise the DSDM plug-in for version 1.0, I have posted a link to the current 0.9 version up on www.eclipseplugincentral.com

It can be found under the Process category, along with the Agile Enterprise Architecture plug-in from Charles Edwards. Charles' work is very good and you should check it out if (like me) you have an interest in Enterprise Architecture.

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At long last, the DSDM plugin for OpenUP/Basic has cleared the eclipse legal review process and has been accepted as a part of the EPF project. The plugin has been available for some time from the epfmonkey site. It has taken about four months to get approved by the Eclipse review team, which I'm told is not unusual...

The plugin will soon be added to the eclipse cvs repository. Work will begin soon to revise the plugin to take account of the changes to OpenUP/Basic since 0.9.

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One of the speakers at the Agile Business Conference (I think it was Todd Little but I could be wrong) played a very funny clip from Kung Pow. The introduction ran something like "Some customers are cash cows to I.T. Suppliers. It's important to keep these customers happy and above all, don't milk them dry of cash..." I thought that the film clip was even funnier in this context. Enjoy.

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Looking back at the past week I'd say it was a pretty successful conference. It was well attended with a good spread of people in different jobs - both technical and management; private and public sector; industry and academia. Estimates on attendance range between 250-300. The DSDM Plugin for OpenUP was launched to coincide with the keynote from Scott Ambler which (amongst other things) introduced the EPF project to many people. My impression was that there was good interest in the EPF project in general and the DSDM plugin in particular. We got a good set of contacts which I will be following up on in the near future. The general level of discussion and debate was very high and I have a good list of blog topics to address over the next couple of weeks. Overall - a great conference and I'm already looking forward to next year. You can find out more from the Agile Conference website.

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