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Adam Long — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:36:42 GMT

Thanks for the presentation which stimulated some interesting debate amongst my developers and architects.

Also congratulations on being awarded a Microsoft VP for the 5th year running.

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re: Buy vs Build

Nick Malik — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:54:25 GMT

Hello Kevin, Love your work. Great AJ Article.

Wanted to add something to this (older) posting based on what Microsoft is doing internally in our own Enterprise Architecture department.

First off, the principle we use is not buy, reuse, build. It is reuse, buy, build.

Why reuse first? Because:

(a) if a package exists that performs a need, it is cheaper to improve it to meet two needs than to buy a new package. "Cheaper" includes the full cost of ownership, not just the cost of development and deployment.

(b) if a business stream is using a package that fills a need, they have already gone through the training and transition to using it, so the business roles and process changes are well understood. The adopting team can learn them from the team in place. This reduces complexity substantially and eliminates a major source of customer complaints when a new system is introduced.

(c) Every business stream believes that their data is unique and special. It isn't. Data requirements are nearly always the same from business stream to business stream. However, they are usually quite different from what comes in a COTS package. Therefore, the cost to migrate from COTS to a single implementation is high, but the cost to extend that implementation to other business streams is far less. It is equity. Use it.

Of course, because we are Microsoft, we have our own variation on the principle: Reuse, Dogfood, Buy, Build. Gotta have dogfood (using our own products) in there. We are, after all, Microsoft.

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Looks great, where will the conference be?