Team Foundation Server 2010 Real-Time Burndown Charts Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The reality is that project managers need work status in real-time. The TFS Excel reports and web parts are great, but because they are sourced from the TFS SSAS cube the information can be up to 2 hours ... Team Foundation Server 2010 Real-Time Burndown Charts 0 0 1
TFS 2010 Agile Iteration Burndown Chart Error - Could not connect... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 It seems there are many issues that can cause this error. But in my situation it turned out to be a permissions issue. It appears that other TFS 2010 reports use the service account (i.e. TFSReports) to ... TFS 2010 Agile Iteration Burndown Chart Error - Could not connect... 0 0 0
Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers Sabbatical for Coded UI Word ... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 Earlier this Summer I had the privilege of working for 16 days onsite at the Microsoft offices in Redmond and Vancouver. The assignment, a "Rangers Sabbatical," is part of the Microsoft Visual Studio ALM ... Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Rangers Sabbatical for Coded UI Word ... 0 0 0
TFS 2010 - SPS 2010 MOSS Web Part Connection Refresh Failure Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 ISSUE "Refresh Error" dialog displays on Team Project portal MOSS web parts. There are several variations of refresh errors. Here is one instance: "An error ocurred while accessing application id tfs from ... TFS 2010 - SPS 2010 MOSS Web Part Connection Refresh Failure 0 0 0
Integrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and SharePoint (SP)... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this post is to provide clear and concise steps for a very specific scenario: Integrating TFS 2010 with SP Server (SPS i.e. formerly MOSS) 2010 TFS and SPS are on different ... Integrating Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2010 and SharePoint (SP)... 0 0 0
TFS 2010 SDK Assembly Reference Locations for Team Build Process ... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 I pulled these from Ewald Hoffman's Customize Team Build 2010 - Part 4 post and posted here for easy reference. Note: you will also have to add a project reference for the code files project in your solution. ... TFS 2010 SDK Assembly Reference Locations for Team Build Process ... 0 0 0
Turn off Team Build 2010 Scrapping of Project Output to Binaries ... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 The objective of this poat is to simply show how to turn off (disable) TFS Team Build 2010's use of the MSBuild OutDir property to "scrap" project output from the location specified in your project .csproj ... Turn off Team Build 2010 Scrapping of Project Output to Binaries ... 0 0 0
Passing in report parameters to TFS 2010 OLAP Web Parts on the Te... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There is some helpful information from Ewald Hofman on passing in parameters to the TFS SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP reports. But, the 2010 schema has changed. You can use the SQL Server Mgmgt Studio ... Passing in report parameters to TFS 2010 OLAP Web Parts on the Te... 0 0 2
How I Customized Report Parameters for Team Foundation Server 201... Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 My goal was to have the burndown chart on the team project portal main page display the current iteration. The default report displays the tasks for the entire team project starting 5 days before the current ... How I Customized Report Parameters for Team Foundation Server 201... 0 0 0
Is It Done? Really? Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 Everyone has done it, you know you have too. When someone asks you for a status update on a new feature you just finished coding, you say "That's Done!" Think about what you just said for a minute, is ... Is It Done? Really? 0 0 0
Carolina Code Camp 2012 Visit Recap Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 I had the pleasure of visiting and speaking at the 2012 Carolina Code Camp. A big thank you for the warm welcome to the volunteer leadership team: Mark Wilson, Bill Jones, Syl Walker, Brian Gough and many ... Carolina Code Camp 2012 Visit Recap 0 0 0
Community TFS Build Manager – Build Notes Preview Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 The Community TFS Build Manager (TBM) is an open source build management solution developed by the ALM rangers, the build manager simplifies the management of builds in medium to large Team Foundation ... Community TFS Build Manager – Build Notes Preview 0 0 0
Sask 3.0 Summit–Moving to Open Government D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 More and more we’re hearing about Open Government and its become a buzz word over the last few years. Those two words conjure up varied imagery based on who you talk to, and my own bias was this idea that ... Sask 3.0 Summit–Moving to Open Government 0 0 0
The Why of Scrum -- The Standup Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 A wise man once told me that most developers dont care about the why, they only care about the how. That is especially true around process and agile development. Developers want to know "how" to do scrum, ... The Why of Scrum -- The Standup 0 0 1
Agile Principles -- Continuous Delivery Jonathan Mills, January 1, 0001 Probably the most important principle in all of agile development reads like this... Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. I like to ... Agile Principles -- Continuous Delivery 0 0 0
What is Database Continuous Integration? David Atkinson, January 1, 0001 Although not everyone is practicing continuous integration, many have at least heard of the concept. A recent poll on www.simple-talk.com indicates that 40% of respondents are employing the technique. ... What is Database Continuous Integration? 0 0 0
Robotic Arm – Hardware Szymon Kobalczyk, January 1, 0001 This is first in series of articles about project I've been building in my spare time since last Summer. Actually it all began when I was researching a topic of modeling human motion kinematics in order ... Robotic Arm – Hardware 0 0 22
Tell Us Once–Final Phase goes live BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Yesterday the final phase of ‘Tell Us Once’ went live. This completes the 4 1/2 year journey Solidsoft started on this cross government project with the addition of full electronic distribution of data ... Tell Us Once–Final Phase goes live 0 0 0
Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports Bob Hardister, January 1, 0001 There are pieces of information spread out on this in various postings for SQL Server Reporting Services used in Team Foundation Server. Here are two: Customizing Report Parameters for Team Foundation ... Pre-selecting Iteration and Area Path for TFS 2010 SSRS Reports 0 0 0
DevWeek 2012 simonc, January 1, 0001 For those interested, myself and a few other people from Red Gate will be going to DevWeek 2012 in London this week. I'll be mostly around the .NET and C# talks, but may drop into the architecture and ... DevWeek 2012 0 0 0
Stop trying to be perfect Kyle Burns, January 1, 0001 Yes, Bob is my uncle too. I also think the points in the Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship (manifesto.softwarecraftsma... are all great. What amazes me is that tend to confuse the term “well ... Stop trying to be perfect 0 0 1
APress Deal of the Day - 21/Mar/2012 - Pro Agile .NET Development... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 Deal of the Day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM."Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM guides you through a real-world ASP.NET project ... APress Deal of the Day - 21/Mar/2012 - Pro Agile .NET Development... 0 0 0
Clean Code: Writing Readable Unit Tests with Domain Specific Lang... Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I'm currently reading Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship by 'Uncle Bob' Martin, which includes a section on writing readable unit tests. I've had an article about using Domain Specific ... Clean Code: Writing Readable Unit Tests with Domain Specific Lang... 0 0 0
Goal Analysis Card game (a great activity for opening a retrospec... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Retrospectives are a tricky thing, you get a mix of people who have varying personalities and qualities and now they need to look objectively at the previous iteration, focussing on the performance of ... Goal Analysis Card game (a great activity for opening a retrospec... 0 0 0
3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 We’re well under 2 months to Prairie Dev Con – West in Calgary, and it appears some of you need an extra push to register. So why attend? Well, there’s the three days and over 80 sessions spanning software ... 3 Reasons to Attend Prairie Dev Con–West 0 0 0
My upcoming Talk: Introducing PRISM/MEF for the Agile Developer -... Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 I would like to share that I will be speaking at the Deerfield Beach Coders Café on February 7th, 2012 6:30 PM on concepts behind PRISM and MEF including IoC Containers, Composition, Dependency Injection, ... My upcoming Talk: Introducing PRISM/MEF for the Agile Developer -... 0 0 2
ESVP Activity for Retrospectives MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I have recently been reading “Agile Retrospectives – making good teams great by Esther Derby and Diana Larsen”. The book so far is a fairly easy read, and one I would recommend to anyone wanting to do ... ESVP Activity for Retrospectives 0 0 0
"Testing In An Agile World" Article Posted On Developer Fusion Malcolm Anderson, January 1, 0001 My article in Developer Fusion was just published and you won't believe what I said about testers in an Agile world.Developer Fusion is a 13 year old web magazine focused on bringing together the best ... "Testing In An Agile World" Article Posted On Developer Fusion 0 0 1
Estimating Work Items by Hours–Idiotic You Say? D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 An interesting discussion popped up on Twitter between myself, Steve Rogalsky, Terry Bunio, Mike Iwasiow, David Alpert, and some others around using hours as a software estimating unit of measure. Steve’s ... Estimating Work Items by Hours–Idiotic You Say? 0 0 5
Physician, Heal Thyself–ScrumMaster, Master Thyself Robert May, January 1, 0001 In the New Testament in Luke 4:23 Jesus speaks of a proverb, “Physician, Heal Thyself.” What, you may ask, does this have to do with being a good developer or a good ScrumMaster? In my experience, it has ... Physician, Heal Thyself–ScrumMaster, Master Thyself 0 0 1
Speaking at Windows Phone 7 User Group–January 2012 - Tampa Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Happy New Year! I am excited to be speaking at the first meeting in 2012 for the Tampa Bay Windows Phone 7 User Group As usual at Tampa WP7UG there is a jump start session for beginners before the meeting: ... Speaking at Windows Phone 7 User Group–January 2012 - Tampa 0 0 0
Review of DiscountASP.NET TFS Hosting Service Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 With TFS 2010 a basic installation of TFS has been reduced to a matter of clicks, the pain however lies in getting an appropriate environment provisioned from the Infrastructure team. There will be planned ... Review of DiscountASP.NET TFS Hosting Service 0 0 3
TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Agile taught us to release early and release often, Agile also taught us to get the end user involved more frequently and directly. Goes without saying that release notes are an important part of any release. ... TFS API–Release Notes From TFS Builds 0 0 1
Get into the flow with Spinning Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 Spinning as described in my previous article is all about flow. Its premise is: flow can emerge when work is partitioned in small, evenly sized chunks processed in a smooth manner. There is a constant ... Get into the flow with Spinning 0 0 6
A real world example of how not to develop software and how InRul... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 A friend of mine works for a large bank… about a year and a half ago they needed a new system developed for their division. They went through the normal process of using one of the recommended service ... A real world example of how not to develop software and how InRul... 0 0 0
Spinning – Getting Agile at the Core Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 Agility needs to get onto the next level – that´s what I tried to explain in my previous articles. After a reality check – what´s missing from Agile practice? –, and some general musings about how a next ... Spinning – Getting Agile at the Core 0 0 2
From Agile to Elastic Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 In my previous article I came to a couple of conclusions based on the reality of software development, or should I say “the nature of software development”? Here are the – to me - undeniable facts of what ... From Agile to Elastic 0 0 2
Agile Process Reality Check Ralf Westphal, January 1, 0001 Let´s get real about software development: It´s never going to be a quietly flowing river. Never. And that´s why the current approaches to software development like XP, Scrum, and Kanban will always cause ... Agile Process Reality Check 0 0 13
TFS Build Deep Dive at PrDC Calgary Dylan Smith, January 1, 0001 PrairieDevCon is a great conference hosted in Canada a few times a year. For the first time it’s coming to Calgary in March and I couldn’t be more excited. I’ve participated as a speaker in every PrDC ... TFS Build Deep Dive at PrDC Calgary 0 0 0
Discovering Your Project Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 The discovery phase of any project is both exciting and critical to the project’s success. There are several key points that you need to keep in mind as you navigate this process. The first thing you need ... Discovering Your Project 0 0 0
Hello world tikrimi, January 1, 0001 Hello all bloggers and readers of Geekswithblogs.net. To introduce myself, my name is Christopher Bonnevault, I am a consultant for Valtech. I work with the platform. Net since 2002 mostly in Asp.Net. ... Hello world 0 0 0
INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 9 Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Aims of this Chapter Consider what doing interaction design involves Explain some advantages of involving users in development Explain the main principles of a user-centred approach Ask and provide answers ... INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 9 Summary 0 0 0
List of recommended books on TFS, Visual Studio, C# and C++ codin... terje, January 1, 0001 UPDATED Jul 3rd 2013: Added Art of Unit Testing Version 2 UPDATED Apr 11th 2013: Added Instant TFS 2012 and Project Server 2012 Integration How-to UPDATED Jan 12th 2013: Added Prof TFS Server 2012, TFS ... List of recommended books on TFS, Visual Studio, C# and C++ codin... 0 0 0
Effective Stand-ups Robert May, January 1, 0001 When teams are first introduced to Stand-Ups, many teams will dread them. Their thought is, “Oh great! Yet another meeting to consume a bunch of my time!” I certainly understand this sentiment, and if ... Effective Stand-ups 0 0 1
Introduction to Branching by Quality [Branching-Merging Technique... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 There is no one best branching strategy, the branching strategy that best fits the requirements of your enterprise is the best strategy for you. The ALM rangers have comprehensive guidelines to help you ... Introduction to Branching by Quality [Branching-Merging Technique... 0 0 3
My Programming Reading List Steve Wilkes, January 1, 0001 I've made a list of programming books I've read, am reading and am going to read on the Bookshelved Wiki; would anyone care to recommend good books for a web-oriented, C# Agile programmer which I've not ... My Programming Reading List 0 0 0
Lessons from the Titanic joeeames, January 1, 0001 The great lesson of the Titanic was hubris, right? Perhaps. I don't know. What I do know is that there is another valuable lesson from the Titanic that is very applicable to software engineering: A failed ... Lessons from the Titanic 0 0 0
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 3 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Welcome back once again, in part 1 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a developers perspective, in part 2 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a Testers ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 3 0 0 16
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 2 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Welcome back, in part 1 of what is new in VS TFS 2011 I talked about the offering from a developers perspective. In this blog post I’ll be discussing the new features available for Business Analysts and ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 2 0 0 0
What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 1 Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 Microsoft officially released the preview of Vnext i.e. VS 2011, TFS 2011 and TFS Azure (also known as TFS Service) at the Build conference on 13th September 2011 @ California. It wasn’t too long ago I ... What is new in VS TFS 2011 Part 1 0 0 1