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Ropley Information Technology Ltd. is an independent one-person software consultancy firm specialising in object-oriented requirements modelling, analysis and design, both for conventional and agile processes. We also have extensive practical commercial experience in modern .NET application development. Details about the principal director of the company follow below:

   Work Information

   Related Web resources

   Contact Information

   Current Projects

   Personal Interests

Work Information

Job title

Independent software development consultant and chartered engineer

Professional and other qualifications

BSc PhD C.Eng, MIET

Key areas of expertise

Provision of consulting and contract services to software houses and telecommunications/electronics companies. Particular areas of expertise are:

   Object-oriented analysis and design, Unified Process based methods, systems modelling with UML.

   Agile software development using XP and Scrum based methodologies.

   Windows application development, especially: systems and network programming using C++, C# and VB.NET

   Multi-tier web site and Web service development using ASP.NET technology, WCF, XML and .NET Web Services

   Office automation applications using .NET and WPF

   Professional C#, C++, Java and assembler programming experience

   Highly experienced lecturer/instructor/course author, responsible for several courses offered by Learning Tree International Ltd.

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Related Web Resources

The demonstration software for the Learning Tree International course 323 on Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML may be found by downloading the file 323xmpl.zip

The Use Case Editor, a tool for capturing and organising use cases using an automated document template and use case diagram generator is available for download here

The course exercises and specimen solutions for Learning Tree course 302 on Win32 Systems and Network Programming may be obtained by downloading the file cse302.zip.

The course exercises and specimen solutions for an example enterprise Web site using ASP.NET may be obtained as a zip file by clicking here.

Assorted sample programs for the .NET Framework can be obtained by downloading the file DotNetSamples.zip.

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Contact Information

Electronic mail address:  sdsmith@ropley.com

Web address:  http://www.ropley.com/

Business phone (Mobile): (+44) 797 400 8224

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Current Learning Tree Attachments

Contracts with Learning Tree International

   Course author for Course 323: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML

   Active instructor for software engineering courses on: Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML; Gathering User Requirements; Agile Software Development and Business Modelling

   Active instructor for software development courses: C# and C++ programming; ASP.NET enterprise web-site development; WCF and XML Web service development

   Technical Editor for courses 218 "User Software Requirements", and 419 "Hands-on introduction to C#"

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Personal Interests and LInks to company application servers

Primary interests are in change-ringing and church music/pipe organs.

Ringing resources include the ERIL program , that enables compositions to be proven or sought.

The Wessex Area Laverda Owners' Club pages are accessible through this  link.

Main application server Terminal Server connection.

Main application server FTP Server connection.

Main application server Web Server connection.

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Last Revised: April 2008