backcover - How to be a Successful Technical Architect for J2EE Applications

This handbook is a concise guide to architecting, designing, and building J2EE applications. It guides technical architects through the entire J2EE project, including identifying business requirements, performing use-case analysis, doing object and data modeling, and leading a development team through construction. Whether you are about to architect your first J2EE application or are looking for ways to keep your projects on-time and on-budget, you will refer to this handbook again and again.

You will discover how to:

• Design robust, extensible, and easy to maintain J2EE applications.
• Apply commonly used design patterns effectively.
• Identify and address application architecture issues before they hinder the development team.
• Avoid common mistakes that derail project budgets and timelines.
• Guide the development team through the design and construction process.
• Set up effective procedures and guidelines that increase stability and decrease error reports.
• Document and communicate the application design to target the development team’s work.
• Identify and address application architectural.
• Effectively estimate needed resources and timelines.

About the Author

Derek Ashmore is a technical architect and consultant with more than fifteen years of experience in a wide range of technologies, including Java J2EE. He frequently architects and designs high-usage Web applications and manages developments teams to build them. Many of his articles have been published in the Java Developer’s Journal, JavaPro, and other trade publications.