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The article presents information on designing component-based framework solutions. Designing systems using proven solutions such as patterns and frameworks improves the productivity of software engineers. Achieving productivity and artifact improvement affects several stakeholders in the organization, directly and indirectly. The list of stakeholders tends to include, software architects, developers, IT managers, business managers, and ultimately the customer. Within the software industry several pundits have articulated and presented initial reusable artifacts and patterns. Some of the early pattern work, mostly concerning human interface patterns, was done by Ward Cunningham and Kent Beck in 1987. Several years later more discussions at conferences such as OOPSLA were held with individuals such as Erich Gamma and Richard Helm. Architectural patterns or frameworks provide descriptions of the software architecture. Typically frameworks provide key decision points in the software to help comprise the architecture. In the Unified Modeling Language (UML) there are several ways to view software architecture, often referred to as the five views of software architecture. The article illustrates only the logical view of the architecture for the Observable Party Account framework. The article presents several examples which illustrates the process of using the UML to design a component-based framework using existing patterns.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "Guarding the Secrets," which discussed the misdemeanor charge against writer Richard Helm; "Why Not the Second Best?" which discussed the political conditions of the U.S.; 'Quandry of Steel," which discussed the economy of business in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; "One-Star Shop Talk," which discussed the competitiveness between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

The article announces 2010 awards given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT), including the Outstanding Research Award presented to Eric Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides, the Influential Educator Award given to Leon Osterweil, and the Distinguished Service Award given to Mary Lou Soffa.

The article discusses methods individual investors can use to find stocks that pay dividends to the shareholder. Commentary is provided by Richard Helm who is in charge of the Value Fund at the Cohen & Steers investment firm. Other topics include adopting a dividend-growth strategy for one's portfolio.

The article reviews the operas "Dido and Aeneas," starring Raffaella Milanesi, Richard Helm, and Iason Marmaras and "The Loves of Mars and Venus," performed by Fabio Bonizzoni at the Cité de la Musique et de la Danse in Soissons, France on February 25, 2016.