And while specialization may help some applications, it can make other applications suffer.” There is a tradeoff between specialization and generalization. “On the X axis (see figure 2), you are ...

It’s a question that’s been around for a very long time: which is better to focus on, specialization or generalization?

Pushing all your processes into one platform often leads to less functionality, slower performance, less agility and higher costs.

The essential relationships between objects include: association, generalization, specialization, aggregation, dependency and composition.