Scrum for Team System Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Since today is apparently “Agile” day, I’ll mention that Scrum for Team System is now available and you can’t beat the price (free). Scrum for Team System is a free Agile Software ... Scrum for Team System 0 0 0
Pairwise testing Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 There’a a good article on the benefits of pairwise test over at Tyner Blain. I’ve said before that I believe that Extreme Programming is the way to go in the future for software development, ... Pairwise testing 0 0 1
Service Factory is public!!! Pablo Galiano, January 1, 0001 I have been working since the beginning on this exciting project as a part of the Microsoft Pattern & Practices Team. If you want to build services using the best pratices and guidance you should check ... Service Factory is public!!! 0 0 3
Podcast: Test Driven Development with Jean Paul Boodhoo Keith Woods, January 1, 0001 Check out the latest dot net rocks show, its a great overview of TTD. The whole red-green-refactor approach to development is really neat. I wish the project I'm currently on was build using this approach. ... Podcast: Test Driven Development with Jean Paul Boodhoo 0 0 0
Object-Relational Mapping Tools for .NET Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Here’s a really good guide for selecting an appropriate ORM Tool for .NET, by Jason Mauss. The list of products profiled in the guide is, quite simply, amazing: Adapdev Technologies Codus - v1.1.0.0 ... Object-Relational Mapping Tools for .NET 0 0 1
Team Smells...Refactoring For A Better Tomorrow (Part One) Blake Caraway, January 1, 0001 Just like any project you work on, there are signs and behaviors within a development team that indicate a need for refactoring as well. Before a development team can get to the job of developing quality ... Team Smells...Refactoring For A Better Tomorrow (Part One) 0 0 3
Choosing Web Services Publishing Model in BizTalk 2006 Paul Petrov, January 1, 0001 BizTalk 2006 Web Services publishing wizard offers two options: Publish orchestrations and Publish schemas as a web services. What is the difference and when should we prefer one to another? Below are ... Choosing Web Services Publishing Model in BizTalk 2006 0 0 1
Lean Software Development: Implementation Guide Steve Bargelt, January 1, 0001 Looks like a follow-up to the book Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit for Software Development Managers is in the works: This post has moved permanently to http://bargelt.com/lean-sof... ... Lean Software Development: Implementation Guide 0 0 0
ObjectHydrated pattern in DotNetNuke UserInfo is not good Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 DotNetNuke UserMembership class (as well as some others) hasObjectHydrated property as a flag is object loaded or not. In my opinion implementation of this pattern is fragile and not reliable. Get Membership ... ObjectHydrated pattern in DotNetNuke UserInfo is not good 0 0 4
Microsoft Architect Insight Conference Tamer Shaaban, January 1, 0001 Dave Morris and I will be presenting a session on the second day of the under solutions titled: "Delivering Agile Business Process & Integration Solutions". This session will cover architecting and ... Microsoft Architect Insight Conference 0 0 0
Using Agile Project Management with Integration Projects Tamer Shaaban, January 1, 0001 Using Agile Project Management with Integration Projects I have been recently involved in a number of BizTalk 2004 integration projects using Agile Project Management (Also known as Scrum). Conchango (http://www.Conchango.com) ... Using Agile Project Management with Integration Projects 0 0 6
Software Consulting in Kansas City Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Architecture. Custom Development. Mentoring. Training. Development Methodology. Launching and expanding your enterprise systems requires more than just installing the software and turning it on. That’s ... Software Consulting in Kansas City 0 0 0
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory...of TDD Blake Caraway, January 1, 0001 I'm currently working on a smart client project at work. For the past year I've been learning about Agile software development, especially the topic and practice of Test Driven Development. This smart ... Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory...of TDD 0 0 3
Agile Development Checklist Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 The purpose of this article is to define a set of ideal practices for an agile software development project. The idea for this article came to me after discussing CMMI-type processes and realizing that ... Agile Development Checklist 0 0 1
Baton Rouge trip, part 2 Lorin Thwaits, January 1, 0001 Great news from the Governor of Louisiana today! Some federal funding is finally coming to help folks rebuild. After driving all around New Orleans two weeks ago, I can say without reservation that the ... Baton Rouge trip, part 2 0 0 10
Scrum Plug-in for Visual Studio Team System Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 If you’re really interested in agile programming for VSTS, you’ll want to check out this scrum plug-in. Walkthrough guides are also available ... Scrum Plug-in for Visual Studio Team System 0 0 1
Test Automation Patterns Chris J. Breisch, January 1, 0001 Patterns of XUnit Test Automation is a good resource for developers doing TDD. From the site: This site has been put together to allow the XUnit community to share good practices in test automation. It ... Test Automation Patterns 0 0 0
What do you do when the "owner" of a project get hits by a bus Adam Sills, January 1, 0001 I can't even remotely explain how important I feel the "hit by a bus and now we don't have any who knows [x]" behavior in companies is (or rather, the lack of said behavior). I think it's just a common ... What do you do when the "owner" of a project get hits by a bus 0 0 4
Why is it always 2 weeks? Michael Van Cleave, January 1, 0001 Okay, so a friend of mine and I have a good long running inside joke about the phrase “2 weeks”. A long time ago in the movie the Money Pit (good movie, you need to see it), there is one part ... Why is it always 2 weeks? 0 0 0
Marcin Celej is blogging Szymon Kobalczyk, January 1, 0001 I've finally convinced Marcin Celej, my brother in law and fellow dev, to start blogging. He has many interesting things to say about ORMs, Workflows and developing Business Logic in general. He is also ... Marcin Celej is blogging 0 0 2
Thank you Peter Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 I had the privilege to meet and interact with Peter Provost during my 6 months tour at Microsoft and today while I was looking for the solution to an interesting NUnit issue, I re-discovered his blog. ... Thank you Peter 0 0 1
XP and Creational Patterns (Risk Mitigation) Greg Young, January 1, 0001 Some random grumblings that I have come upon this week. (Yes Jimmy I am still thinking about those comments; what I really need is a GA (geeks anonymous) meeting) Extreme Programming: “ So always ... XP and Creational Patterns (Risk Mitigation) 0 0 1
What "Invisible" Structures Do You See Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 I consider Nick Malik to be a both a friend and a mentor, and he's got a great blog talking about work flow, agile programming, project managment and SOA. Today, he was talking about “Chickens and ... What "Invisible" Structures Do You See 0 0 17
Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 Released Bryan Corazza, January 1, 0001 This just in. The patterns and practices team just released Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0. Get it here. There are some significant changes to the overall architecture, you can reading about them here. ... Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 Released 0 0 0
Agile & PMBOK Abrachan Pudussery PMP , January 1, 0001 During January 2006, I had the opportunity to train batches of software engineers on project management based on the project management body of knowledge but focused on the practtioners approach, not just ... Agile & PMBOK 0 0 0
Paperback Writer: A must read… BizTalk + WWF Visionary, January 1, 0001 This is a great piece of work by one of my team mates. A must read…. The forthcoming release next year of Visual Studio Foundation Server will include two methodology templates for the next version of ... Paperback Writer: A must read… 0 0 0
My New Year Post Steve Bargelt, January 1, 0001 Greetings! It was a tough decision but I have moved my blog to bargelt.com. Thanks for visiting! First of all I’d like to wish everyone out there in the metaverse a prosperous 2006. 2005 Time flies, or ... My New Year Post 0 0 0
Oil becomes the newest weapon in Moscow's arsenal ?? WallabyFan, January 1, 0001 OK, somewhat off topic I must admit - however those of us involved in IT Strategy and Design always need to keep an eye on what drives the business - so it is only prudent that we do keep something of ... Oil becomes the newest weapon in Moscow's arsenal ?? 0 0 0
On Be(come)ing Agile: 5 stumbling blocks for new corporate agile ... Steve Bargelt, January 1, 0001 Nice article on things that can trip up your agile efforts. This post has moved permanently to http://bargelt.com/on-becom... ... On Be(come)ing Agile: 5 stumbling blocks for new corporate agile ... 0 0 0
Moving Towards Agile Project Management Steve Bargelt, January 1, 0001 [via: Ohad's Weblog] This post has moved permanently to http://bargelt.com/moving-t... ... Moving Towards Agile Project Management 0 0 0
Agile challenges in a *dis*connected organization Scott Miller, January 1, 0001 As I stated in a previous post, I am a senior developer at a company that has other senior development staff at other sites here in the U.S., as well as outsourced resources in India. It is therefore an ... Agile challenges in a *dis*connected organization 0 0 0
MSF 4.0 and Microsoft Team Services Charles Young, January 1, 0001 The forthcoming release next year of Visual Studio Foundation Server will include two methodology templates for the next version of MSF (the Microsoft Solution Framework). These are MSF for Agile Software ... MSF 4.0 and Microsoft Team Services 0 0 0
Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Book seven, and the last of the agile books for now, is Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET by James W. Newkirk and Alexei A. Vorontsov (ISBN 0735619484). While not the defacto standard on test driven ... Test-Driven Development in Microsoft .NET 0 0 0
User Stories Applied : For Agile Software Development Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Book six, in sticking with the agile theme, is User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development by Mike Cohn (ISBN 0321205685). There are in general two major forms of requirements documents, Use Cases ... User Stories Applied : For Agile Software Development 0 0 0
Agile Software Development with SCRUM Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Its been awhile since I added anything to my Library collection I started on this blog. Its not that I don't have more to add, I just keep forgetting. I have several more titles I want to post, so I'll ... Agile Software Development with SCRUM 0 0 0
SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 & BizTalk Server 2006 Launch Devin Rychetnik, January 1, 0001 The long-awaited launch happened yesterday and I enjoyed what I was able to see. Unfortunately, I only stayed through the morning session since our team was scheduled to release that day (imagine that). ... SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 & BizTalk Server 2006 Launch 0 0 0
Almost everything you need for BizTalk 2004 Edmund Zhao, January 1, 0001 I got this from a partner working for Microsoft, found it quite useful, especially for new comers to the BizTalk world. I'm going to save it in article section as well, and keep the list updated to including ... Almost everything you need for BizTalk 2004 0 0 3
Daily Report #5 - Goodbye Sony Rootkit Scott Kuhl, January 1, 0001 Sony XCP rootkit removed by Windows AntiSpyware - If nothing else, it's interesting to see one big company label another's software "malicious," though I'm sure most would agree that it's a foregone conclusion ... Daily Report #5 - Goodbye Sony Rootkit 0 0 1
Do I recommend my career? My opinion. Scott Miller, January 1, 0001 As you have probably seen from other posts, Luke Stevens has an interesting blog post today entitled "Do I recommend my career?" You can see it here: Do I recommend my career Mostly I agree with his statements. ... Do I recommend my career? My opinion. 0 0 1
Ordering Code Construction Tasks Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 This is a great post on Ordering Code Construction Tasks by Jeremy Miller. In it he answers the question of what order do you build an application? It shows good reasons to implement agile development. ... Ordering Code Construction Tasks 0 0 0
Dilbert covers typical managers' impression of Agile Programming Scott Miller, January 1, 0001 Dilbert kills me. Today's Dilbert hits the nail on the head for managers' impression of Agile Programming and methods: ... Dilbert covers typical managers' impression of Agile Programming 0 0 0
Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Conclusion Murat Uysal, January 1, 0001 Although in this series of post I have discussed Agile Project Management (APM) mainly for software development, APM can be applied to other product development projects. APM is not just about a project ... Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Conclusion 0 0 0
Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Ch 3 Murat Uysal, January 1, 0001 3) Agile Project Management Model 3.1) Envision “The purpose of envisioning phase is to clearly identify what is to be done and how the work is to be accomplished.” (Highsmith 2004 p89) “During ... Agile Project Management - Jim Highsmith Ch 3 0 0 0
Channel 9: Video Tour of Bungie Steve Bargelt, January 1, 0001 I’m trying to bide my time until I get my XBox 360 – found this in a search. Interesting open workspace… very collaborative / agile! Damn… makes me want to get my Certificate in Game Programming from the ... Channel 9: Video Tour of Bungie 0 0 0
Top Management of Microsoft in panic? - visionary memos sent to M... WallabyFan, January 1, 0001 Another interesting bit of info from MSMobiles: While we were complaining here for several years already that Microsoft lacks innovativeness and thus is missing out on many major business opportunities, ... Top Management of Microsoft in panic? - visionary memos sent to M... 0 0 4
I survived Mind Camp Brandon Paddock, January 1, 0001 But barely! You see, I woke up Saturday morning with no voice to speak of (or with!). Perfect timing, don't ya think? I get the chance to spend a day with some of the most interesting people in the Seattle ... I survived Mind Camp 0 0 1
Are you FIT? Michael Van Cleave, January 1, 0001 A while back a friend of mine Ben posted about a pod casting site he liked to listen too. Well, out of being tired of the same old tracks spinning on my hard drive, I found my way back to the site. Any ... Are you FIT? 0 0 2
March of the Waterfallians Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 It turns out that the term “Waterfallian” has been in the lexicon for at least a year and a half, but that doesn't stop it from being a new and useful term. Maybe I can be know as, “the ... March of the Waterfallians 0 0 0
Microsoft and Nightly Builds Michael Van Cleave, January 1, 0001 The more I read and play with the new features of the next release of VS the more I am impressed. I was reading a quick article on MSDN about : Performing Nightly Builds with Team Foundation Server I am ... Microsoft and Nightly Builds 0 0 0
David Anderson with save us all Eric Johnson, January 1, 0001 I discovered this great video on channel 9 about “Writing Agile Software”. David Anderson writes the Agile Management blog that's been getting quite popular (and wrote a book on the same topic). ... David Anderson with save us all 0 0 0