Acknowledgments

Many thanks to the following advisors who provided invaluable assistance:

• Ward Cunningham, Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.

• Martin Fowler, ThoughtWorks, Inc.

• Ralph Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Robert C. Martin, Object Mentor

Thanks also to the many contributors who assisted us in the production of this book, in particular:

• Mohammad Al-Sabt, Microsoft Prescriptive Architecture Guidance

• Chris Colleran, Colleran.net, LLC

• Matt Evans, Microsoft Prescriptive Architecture Guidance

• Xiao Guo, ThoughtWorks, Inc.

• Steve Kirk, MSDN

• Rick McUmber, RDA

• Vijay Srinivasan, Satyam Computer Services

• Jonathan Wanagel, Microsoft Prescriptive Architecture Guidance

Finally, thanks to the companies that agreed to participate in our user experience test:

• Atmedica USA, LLC, a MediMedia USA company

• Safeco Insurance Company

• SBI and Company

• ThoughtWorks, Inc.