The Software Factory: A Practitioner's Guide to Specification-Driven Development for Enterprise Services - February 2026

A reference for implementing factory-pattern development within an enterprise SOA. Version 1 - PDF - Markdown All Versions : https://thewoolleyweb.com/software-factory-practitioners-guide Chad Woolley, thewoolleyman@gmail.com , February 2026 Table of Contents Executive Summary Audience and Content 1. Overview and Scope Reality Check: This is an Aspirational Guide 2. Repository Layout Example Layout Adapting the Layout 3. The Specification Layer Intent Specifications (NLSpec) Contracts Constraints 4. Scenarios as Holdout Validation The Holdout Set Analogy What Makes a Good Scenario Storing and Managing Holdout Scenarios The Scenario Authoring Problem 5. The Factory Development Loop The Attractor Pattern Provider-Aligned Agent Execution Convergence and the Digital Twin Universe The Satisfaction Metric 6. Production Observability and Specification Evolution Three Categories of Production Signal The Current State of Production -> Specification Feedback What a Production Feedback Loop Could