Posted on August 10, 2007 by Shane Duffy
.NET developers that want to adopt more agile development methodologies, while still towing the line with their project management offices, may soon begin to tap into templates available with Visual Studio 2005 Team System. Among options available are Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for Agile Software Development, which ships with Visual Studio 2005 Team System, and [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2007 by Shane Duffy
Introduction
The purpose of this article is to define a set of ideal practices for an agile software development project. I encourage you to leave comments about this article using the comments box at the bottom of this page. Please note that the practices listed are the practices that I believe are essential to a good agile development project; [...]
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Posted on August 7, 2007 by Shane Duffy
Q&A: Agile Vs. Formal Methodologies
Agile Vs. Formal Methodologies
Is “Agile” just another trend that is slowly turning into a more accepted and practiced methodology?
Is this the beginning of the end for “Formal” Methodologies?
What role, if any, as VSTS played in the struggle of Agile methodologies to become more “mainstream”?
When would you use Agile or Formal Methodologies?
What [...]
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Posted on August 2, 2007 by Shane Duffy
With SQL Server, it is strange how some of the most radical improvements that have been introduced over the years have been slipped in almost unnoticed. Conversely, the features that were plastered all over the marketing brochures are sometimes the ones that turn out to be dead ends.
A feature that fits into the former category [...]
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Posted on August 1, 2007 by Shane Duffy
With the current company and projects Im working on we have been using Mantis bug tracker since i set it up about 2 years ago. At the time of its introduction it was a big change for the team who weren’t used to using proper [Basic required] developer tools to get the job done.
Here [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2007 by Shane Duffy
As a development manager or project manager, you here a lot of weasel words and excuses from your staff or from external consultants who are trying to hose you into believing things are better than they are. In many cases, developers use these phrases to even convince themselves that things are better than they are, [...]
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