Author: Simon Reindl

Scrum Power of 3 imbalance – Scrum Master as Product Owner

Feb 21, 2012 • 4 min read • Simon Reindl

The question was recently posed to me – What conflicts occur if the Scrum Master is also the Product Owner? This can be seen as a workaround for not getting a dedicated Product Owner, which is …

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Top 5 Reasons to use VS Database Projects

Dec 10, 2010 • 4 min read • Simon Reindl

There is a traditional resistance to using database projects – the production system is the reference point, and I have a backup, so what is the problem, right? Since the GDR2 was released, this …

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Tech Ed Berlin Links

Nov 17, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

On the Tech Ed Berlin VS2010 Ultimate booth, we fielded a wide range of questions about Visual Studio and TFS. We used a few web pages to help with the discussions, and the most visited ones are …

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Upgrading TFS to 2010

Nov 12, 2010 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

At TechEd Europe 2010, I had the privilege to work on the VS2010 Ultimate booth. It was great to meet so many folk, and find out how different people were using TFS and VS2010. One recurring question …

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Scrum on Dot Net Rocks

Aug 20, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

Rich has been busy this week, and was on Dot Net Rocks (for the first time !). http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=585 A great discussion of Scrum, Agile and VS2010, and how it plugs in …

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Scrum and VS2010

Jul 22, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

Thanks to the folk who made it to the VBUG meeting. It was great to talk about Scrum and VS2010. A copy of the presentation if you would like to download it Scrum and 2010 Also, here is the …

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VBUG Event

Jun 24, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

I am really looking forward to going to the Bracknell VBUG group to talk about Scrum and VS2010 on July 7. It should be a great evening. …

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Scrum vs Scrum (rugby and process)

Jun 21, 2010 • 3 min read • Simon Reindl

I am a huge fan of both Rugby Union and the Scrum methodology. When I first heard of the framework there was a sense of wonderment at the use of the rugby term to describe the development framework. …

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Adding HEAT output to the GAC

Jun 3, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

There are situations (infrastructure component used across the enterprise is one example) where it is more useful to put the assembly in to the GAC. Using Heat, a transform needs to be used that will …

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