Matt Sanchez

Building governance into the BPM platform

Matt Sanchez — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:25:16 +0000

I have always maintained that governance is something that SOA and BPM platforms should just have built-in. Governance should not get in the way or be bolted on, but rather be a central and cohesive part of the platform experience. …

The Importance of Documenting Architectural Decisions

Matt Sanchez — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:56:46 +0000

Architectural decisions capture knowledge that must be shared with the development team in order to enable them to make the right design and implementation choices. Generally, architectural decisions are conscious design decisions that may concern the software system as a …

Installing Git 1.7 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Matt Sanchez — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:55:10 +0000

I’ve used just about every version control system on the planet, from MS Visual Source Safe to CVS and SVN to Rational ClearCase and Rational Team Concert. I’ve even had the unfortunate opportunity to use IBM CMVC. Up until recently, …

My IMPACT 2010 Session Agenda

Matt Sanchez — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:56:23 +0000

Each year the IBM IMPACT conference hosts hundreds of sessions on BPM and SOA from both business and IT leaders. In the past, I have been less than organized when it comes to my session agenda. This year I decided …

RedBook: WebSphere BPM v7 Production Topologies

Matt Sanchez — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:27:25 +0000

Production topologies can be one of the most daunting concepts to master and this book does a really good job of explaining the concepts and details. This RedBook has been updated for the v7 products in the WebSphere BPM suite …

Enterprise Systems: The Wrong Way

msanchez — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:42:09 +0000

@TimBray has a great post contrasting modern web development to how large enterprise IT shops operate. He discusses this as a huge opportunity area and I couldn’t agree more. …Orders of magnitude wrong. Billions and billions of dollars worth of …

I’ve been virtualized

Matt Sanchez — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:05:23 +0000

My old ritual for giving a live presentation in your typical conference setting: clip on the microphone; try not to trip over the wires on the floor; transfer my presentation to a thumb drive; load it up on the late …

The Hotwash

Matt Sanchez — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:19:48 +0000

This is everyone’s fault but mine. - Homer Simpson We recently experienced one of those product releases that make people want to jump out of the windows and hurl insults at their managers and team leads. The problems were many, …

The Mighty Little Checklist

Matt Sanchez — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:06:35 +0000

A recent article on InfoQ discusses how checklists can be used to improve software quality. This amounts to a simple way to define and follow best practices on a software development team. I have used “stupid little checklists” in the …