Adaptive Object Modeling - QCon Interview with Joseph Yoder

I did a video interview with Joseph Yoder on an innovative architecture concept called "Adaptive Object Modeling" at QCon San Francisco conference last November. This interview is now live on InfoQ website.

The highlights from Joe's interview include:

• What is Adaptive Object Modeling (AOM)
• How it differs from a traditional object model.
• Application domains where AOM can be used.
• Role of UML in adaptive object modeling efforts.
• Architecture and design validation of the adaptive object models.

Check out the video interview on InfoQ site.

QCon San Francisco 2008 Conference - Tutorials

I attended QCon San Francisco conference last week. The conference schedule included tutorial sessions before the main conference. There were several tutorials on topics like:

• SpringSource dm Server by Rob Harrop
• Domain Specific Languages by Neal Ford, Martin Fowler & Rebecca Parsons
• Scala (Bill Venners)
• Erlang (Francesco Cesarini)
• JRuby and JRuby on Rails (Ola Bini & Nick Sieger), and
• Agile Management (David Anderson).

I attended Certified Scrum Master (CSM) hosted by Martine Devos from Object Mentor Project Management team. Martine is an excellent CSM Trainer. The tutorial class was very educational and informative for people who are in technical management to be come Agile Project Managers. The class was interactive that allowed students to discuss with each other and rest of the group in serveral real-world project management scenarios.

Some of my favorite parts of the class are:

• Scrum From Hell
• Estimation Quiz

Martine is a great instructor. I recommend her class for any one who wants to learn how to be an Agile Project Manager.

On day 2 of the conference, I attended an ad hoc presentation by Ralph Johnson (one of GOF Design Patterns authros) on Parallel Computing Design Patterns.