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A Scrum comparison of the MSF/Agile and Visual Studio Scrum templates

Aug 3, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

While it’s possible for a Scrum team to use the MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 process template to implement Scrum, it makes more sense to use the Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process template, …

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Emergent Architecture Presentation at TechEd 2011

Jun 1, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

UPDATE (3 June 2011): Watched the recorded presentation on Channel 9. I finally got my (final) Emergent Architecture (DPR308) presentation posted. I had a couple of people tell me that the deck they …

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Would You, Could You With TFS?

May 27, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As you know Team Foundation Server 2010 supports most (but not all) Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) activities as the busy diagram below (from InCycle Software) suggests: In addition to …

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Visual Studio Technical Learning Center at TechEd 2011

May 24, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

I wanted to post a short video of the Technical Learning Center (TLC) at this year’s Tech-Ed conference in Atlanta, GA. The TLC is the place to see Microsoft product demos, talk with industry …

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Professional Scrum Developer Questions asked at TechEd 2011

May 18, 2011 • 4 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Q. We are implementing Product Life Cycle Management (PLCM) as part of our ISO certification. How does Scrum fit into the ISO world? We are also adopting 3M’s (our parent company) Lean Six Sigma …

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Debugging a Dysfunctional Team

May 18, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

UPDATE (3 June 2011): Watch the recorded presentation on Channel 9. Yesterday I gave a talk at TechEd on Dysfunctional software development teams. We primarily focused on people dysfunctions, but …

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Files from Implementing Scrum pre-conference at Microsoft TechEd

May 16, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

UPDATE (3 June 2011): Here are the answers to questions that were asked during the pre-conference. Thank you for attending the preconference yesterday. I hope the presentation and ensuing …

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Scrumming in DC

May 2, 2011 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Actually at Microsoft’s MTC in Reston, Virginia, but close enough. Thanks to everyone who attended our event, either online or in-person, last week. It was great to have such a large group that was …

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Excluding folders and files when adding to source control

Apr 14, 2011 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Nov 2016 Update: I’ve had a few people reach out to me over the years and ask about how to do this in 2013, 2015, etc. The answer is to use a .tfignore file as outlined here. In Team Foundation …

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