Modelling: From Craftsmanship to Automation

Considering Craftsmanship

Craft involves the application of human skill and invested time. Some have argued technology has undermined human expertise by replacing craftwork with automation, disposing of human ingenuity and proficiency. Can new technologies integrate skill, materials and labor with the products of craft? How does technology affect the use and significance of the crafted artifacts? Conversely, how does th...

Model Driven Engineering in Systems Integration

Software development in systems integration projects is still reliant on craftsmanship of highly skilled workers. To make such projects more profitable, an industrialized production, characterized by high efficiency, quality, and automation seems inevitable. While first milestones of software industrialization have recently been achieved, it is questionable if these can be applied to the field ...

Applying Software Craftsmanship Practices to a Scrum Project: an Experience Report

The Software Craftsmanship manifesto has defined values and principles that software development teams should follow to deliver quality software that fulfills functional and non-functional requirements without dealing with high amounts of technical debt. Software craftsmanship approach to software development prioritizes technical practices in order to provide a clean code base. This work analy...

Clean Code - a Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

An Automated Delineation Tool for Assisted Interpretation of Digital Imagery

The manual delineation of vegetation patches or forest stands is a costly and critical stage in any landcover mapping project or forest inventory based upon photointerpretation. Recent computer techniques have eased the task of the interpreter; however a good deal of craftsmanship is still required in the delineation. In an effort to contribute to the automation of this process, we introduce Si...