© Jos Jong 2019
Jos JongVertically Integrated Architectureshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4252-0_1

1. The Problem

Jos Jong1 
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AMSTELVEEN, The Netherlands
 

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

—Robert H. Schuller

Like being in a swamp. That is how it must feel if you end up in a software development team, after switching from another profession. Just when you think you have a firm grasp of things, someone comes along with yet another new concept, principle, or framework. You just want to finish that one screen you’re working on. But there are larger stakes. And, to be honest, after listening to all the arguments, you’re on the verge of being convinced. Another framework gets added to the project.

The accumulation of frameworks year ...

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