Evolution of Development Methodologies - A Personal Perspective

The manner in which business needs have been documented and implemented has changed dramatically over the 50 or so years that computers have been around. This presentation traces the history of methodology from the early days through to the present.

Changes in approaches to systems development have been largely dictated by the hardware and software capabilities of the time coupled with continuing refinements in how the real world is perceived and can be modeled and simulated.  Starting in the 60's when The Beatles were the rage,  it traces methodology from a simple "get it written" approach to "Enterprise Architecture"  as seen through the eyes of someone who has "been there, done that".  

The methodology path evolves through the structured approaches of the 70's and on to the "ultimate" of Information Engineering. From there it meanders through object orientation and the birth of UML in the 90's. It ends with a picture of methodology today which mixes the best of the past with the realities of now and the impact of Zachman, TOGAF and Enterprise Architecture.

John Fisher looks at these significant developments in a lighthearted, though sometimes serious way, based on his own experiences. The objective of this talk is to both inform and entertain.

Includes light lunch

About The Speaker

John Fisher has been involved in IT for 45 years, and has worked on transaction and database based systems almost exclusively for his entire career, more recently focusing on the areas of information architecture and knowledge systems. 

At Ministry of Education he is currently an Enterprise Architect responsible for the development of Sector Business Architectures and their integration into a TOGAF based enterprise architecture framework. He is working in this area with Overseas Education Agencies such as JISC (UK) and SURF(Netherlands). He is Vice President of the New Zealand Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects (a/EA)

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