Treasures of Taliesin

The Component-based Business: Plug and Play constitutes a radical challenge to traditional notions of strategy, planning, requirements, quality and change, and tries to help you improve how you think through the practical difficulties and opportunities of the component-based business.

You will find up-to-date and detailed examples at: http://www.component-based-business.com, as well as open forums in which your questions can be discussed.

"in this work so far, Richard challenges conventional thinking with a sometimes breathtaking series of lateral thoughts that are essential reading for the component architect, designer and their customer. Strongly recommended. " David Sprott, Principal Analyst, CBDi Forum

"As usual, Richard Veryard is inspiring, intriguing and sometimes infuriating. He approaches his subject from some very unconventional directions. You can't fail to be inspired by that. You may find it exasperating, but it will make you think. " Peter Henderson, Director of the EPSRC Research Programme on Systems Engineering for Business Process Change and Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton

Contents

• Introduction
• Building Blocks
• Systems Constructed from Building Blocks
• Components with Character : Principles Coverning The Desing and Use of Building Blocks
• Interface with Intelligence : Managing the Connections Between Building Blocks
• Evolutionary Change
• Afterword Recommended Reading & Other References
• Glossary & Index