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Links from my Boise Code Camp 2011 talks

Mar 2, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Here is a quick post with the materials and links from last weekend at the Boise Code Camp. Scrum Workshop (with Adam Cogan) Official Scrum Guide Mike Cohn’s articles on User Stories | Planning Poker …

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Montreal .NET Community presentation

Feb 16, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I’d like to say thank you to the community and the coordinators of the Montreal .NET Community for hosting the event last night. I enjoyed talking about my two favorite subjects: Visual Studio 2010 …

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Unconfiguring Team Foundation Server 2010

Jan 21, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I actually had a need to do this today, so I did some browsing of the Team Foundation Server – Setup forums and found these steps: Execute tfsconfig setup /uninstall:all. This should be done from the …

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ScrumButs and Modifying Scrum

Dec 17, 2010 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

ScrumButs are reasons why teams can’t take full advantage of Scrum to solve the problems and realize the benefits. Every Scrum role, rule, and timebox is designed to provide the desired benefits and …

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Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional Webcast

Dec 16, 2010 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Thank you for attending our recent Visual Studio 2010 Test Professional Webcast. I hope you enjoyed seeing an end-to-end simulation as a user story emerged into a testable requirement and how to …

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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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Visual Studio ALM Rangers using Ruck, not Scrum

Oct 7, 2010 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I thought this post by Willy was interesting. It seems that the Visual Studio ALM Rangers are using a variation of Scrum that they are calling Ruck. In the game of rugby, Ruck is a loose Scrum. The …

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