Embracing Change and Remaining the Same

Embracing change.

Embracing Change with Extreme Programming

0018-9162/99/$10.00 © 1999 IEEE 70 Computer I n the beginning was the waterfall (Figure 1a). We would get the users to tell us once and for all exactly what they wanted. We would design the system that would deliver those features. We would code it. We would test to make sure the features were delivered. All would be well. All was not well. The users didn’t tell us once and for all exactly what...

Same-Sex Couples, Families, and Marriage: Embracing and Resisting Heteronormativity

This article focuses on lesbian and gay couples and families and the politics of same-sex marriage. Drawing from the literature on same-sex couples, same-sex marriage, and queer theory’s concept of heteronormativity, we argue that gay and lesbian couples and families both affirm and challenge heterosexual and gendered family forms. First, we review literature that discusses how same-sex relatio...

Embracing Change: Financial Informatics and Risk Analytics

We present an enterprise design pattern for managing metadata in support of financial analytics packages. The complexity of financial modeling typically requires deployment of multiple financial analytics packages, drawing data from multiple source systems. Business domain experts are typically needed to understand the data requirements of these packages. Financial product innovation and resear...

Concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum: two manifestations of the same disease or the same spectrum?

Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum are rarely seen together. Herein, we report a case of concurrent Sweet’s syndrome and erythema nodosum and review previous cases.