Eating the IT Elephant: Moving from Greenfield Development to Brownfield

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the support and understanding of our families (who don’t see us enough at the best of times). In addition, we would like to acknowledge, in alphabetical order, the contribution of the following people or companies:

• Bob Lojek—. For taking Model Driven Architecture to the next level and for inventing the first plausible attempt at a software Babel Fish.

• Chris Winter—. A truly inspiring IBM Fellow who believes more in community and the capability of people than anyone else we’ve met in the industry. Chris was the key driver and technical sponsor behind this work.

• Christian Hance—. Christian is a project executive in IBM who had enough faith in his architects to enable them to create the ...