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SAFE House proudly presents a sneak preview of the book that is being prepared for the publication with the major publishing house (in the dead-tree version). Book aims to consolidate and present in accessible, yet uncompromising fashion the main body of knowledge, best practices, and toolset of the Software Architect.

Selected chapters and snippets from the 'SAFE Book' will be posted on this website (in the environmentally-friendly version) as research and work on the book progresses, for the browsing and downloading pleasure of fellows IT practitioners.

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Book is very much work-in-progress at the moment. If you liked what you saw, come back and visit this page again to check for updates. Then again, if you did not like the content, come back later to find something that you do. Either way, let us know.

Book is a journey. We are going to learn, and to have fun doing this. Have a nice trip...

Working title for the 'SAFE Book' (as per project codename Practical SAFE):

Practical

System Architecture

For the Enterprise

IT Architect's Toolbox

"Practical SAFE"

Toolbox

SAFE Book's Table of Contents with hyperlinks for browsing and download:

Table of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents (No Links to Chapters) HTML PDF

Front Matter

Introduction HTML PDF

Part 1. Software Architecture 101 - 'The Language We Speak'

Chapter 1. Business Goals for the Enterprise Architecture - 'What Is The Big Idea?' HTML PDF
Chapter 2. Key Concepts HTML PDF
Chapter 3. Quality Measures For Your Designs HTML PDF
Chapter 4. Application Domains HTML PDF
Chapter 5. Architecture Puzzle HTML PDF
Chapter 6. Architectura Sapiens - 'Evolution Of One Solution' HTML PDF
Further Reading HTML PDF
CIO Summary HTML PDF

Part 2. Software Architect's Toolbox - 'Bird's View of the Terrain'

Chapter 7. Methodologies and Techniques HTML PDF
Chapter 8. Standards and Protocols HTML PDF
Chapter 9. Java HTML PDF
Chapter 10. Microsoft .NET HTML PDF
Chapter 11. More Platforms and Core Technologies HTML PDF
Chapter 12. Enterprise Computing and Integration HTML PDF
Further Reading HTML PDF
CIO Summary HTML PDF

Part 3. What Lays Ahead - 'Crystal Ball Gazing...'

Chapter 13. Are We There Yet?... HTML PDF

Appendixes

Template for Technical Evaluation of Architecture Viability HTML PDF
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations HTML PDF
Bibliography HTML PDF
Annotated Web Resources with URLs HTML PDF
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log of book blog updates (confused yet?:)

29 Jan 2005 OK. I am back, sort of. Watch the site being updated. The online book is lagging somewhat behind the manuscript
02 Oct 2003 Added Appendix Template for Technical Evaluation of Architecture Viability and Bibliography
18 May 2003 Added CIO Summary in Part 1 and Part 2
26 Apr 2003 Added Chapter 13 (Future), updated Table of Contents
12 Apr 2003 Added Chapter 12 (Enterprise Integration) and Table of Contents
09 Mar 2003 Added Chapter 9 (Java)
27 Jan 2003 Added Chapter 11 (More Platforms)
18 Jan 2003 Added Chapters 8 (Standards) & 10 (.NET)
30 Dec 2002 Added Chapter 5 (Architecture Puzzle)
25 Dec 2002 Added Chapter 4 (Application Domains)
07 Dec 2002 Added Chapters 3 (Quality Measures), 6 (Architectura Sapiens) & 7 (Methodologies)
03 Dec 2002 Extracts from the Practical SAFE book first published on the website - added Chapters 1 (Business Goals) & 2 (Key Concepts)

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