Speeds

Just finished reading a white-paper on Speeds, the idea is of course good but I remain skeptical. To integrate different development environments and modelling tools is sometimes seen as the holy grail but to do it for just one company is hard enough, to do a one-size fits all... we'll I don't know. Especially since we have different tools with different semantics for different purposes, when you connect them you will always have semantic conflicts that can only be solved by interfering with the original idea of the tool.

The other part about Speeds I'm having some issues with is the idea to provide a "working" process accompanied with methods. Usually the process becomes a goal on its own and it won't take long until a big organization has staff dedicated to just that process, to maintain it, to educate, to adapt etc.

The upside is that tomorrow I will get a chance to hear a speech about Speeds and ask some questions. Maybe I'll be a bit wiser and less skeptical after that, who knows?