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Code Freeze 2025 | Back to the Future: Architecture and Design for the New Era

There is no doubt, as systems evolve, so does complexity. As software engineering advances, core engineering concepts grow increasingly indispensable. For Code Freeze 2025, we're reexamining the notion of "tried and true" in software design and architecture by developing anti-hype patterns. We’ll explore how the foundational principles that have guided engineering for decades are evolving to meet today's demands. The goal isn’t merely to revisit the past but to critically evaluate how classic methodologies stand up to modern challenges and assess how traditional principles are adapting to and fueling innovation.

From Domain-Driven Design to architectural patterns, we'll examine the basics of software engineering in a modern context. We’ll investigate innovative approaches, exploring how AI and AR complement or challenge core engineering practices. Look for tracks and workshops on topics like "DDD in the Age of APIs," "The Microservices Renaissance," "Functional Programming Resurgence," "Software Engineers: Wearing All Hats," "Low-Code/No-Code: Problem or Progress?" and "AI in Software Engineering: Agentic Progress.”

Join us as we step back into the future of software engineering, analyzing and potentially refining the core tenets of the field.

TwinSPIN Jan 2022 Meeting

Topic: Software Estimation, Measurement, and Quality

Software estimation, measurement, and quality form a "tripod" that are mutually supporting. Quality should be estimated before projects start and measured during development and when the software is delivered. Quality is a combination of low levels of delivered bugs or defects combined with high levels of customer satisfaction. Software has been a troubling technology that has suffered from poor quality, optimistic estimates, and unreliable metrics such as "cost per defect" and "lines of code." The talk discusses the best current practices for estimation, measurement, and quality control.

Speaker: Capers Jones, Chief Scientist

Capers is vice president and Chief Technology Officer of Namcook Analytics LLC. Prior to the formation of Namcook Analytics, he founded Software Productivity Research (SPR), and was chief scientist at Artemis Management Systems. Before founding SPR, he was Assistant Director of Programming Technology for the ITT Corporation. During his tenure Capers designed several proprietary software cost and quality estimation tools. He was also a manager and software researcher at IBM, where he designed IBM’s first software cost estimating tools. Capers Jones is a well-known author (18 books), consultant (over 150 clients) and international public speaker.

Program Manager: Jesse Freese

Twin-SPIN Mission Statement:
The Twin-SPIN software process improvement network (SPIN) is a regional organization established in January of 1996 as a forum for the free and open exchange of software process improvement experiences and ideas. Representatives from industry, government, academia, other professional organizations, and consultants are welcome to participate. Our mission is to help sustain commitment and enhance skills in the area of software process improvement through an active program of networking and mutual support. The organization strives to serve as a source of educational and experiential information for its members, other SPIN organizations, and the general community of software professionals.

Meetings are normally held on the 1st Thursday of each month from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Twin-SPIN is a non-profit organization and is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Center for Software Engineering (UMSEC).

TwinSPIN Nov 2021

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Code Freeze 2025 | Back to the Future: Architecture and Design for the New Era

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