One of the most critical aspects of any project is when have you got to done. This is one of the central principles of Scrum, as it is the contract between the team that is going to produce something, …
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Convince Me You Can't Branch by Purpose
As I have stated before, I am amazed at how an organizations culture (read: dysfunctions or strengths) are reflected in their source control systems. This is a really a restatement of Don …
Read more →OK, let’s say you’re on a Scrum team that’s planning its next iteration. You pull a story to implement Feature X for the next release of Application Y. You review the specs, maybe have a conversation …
Read more →A bug is a bug is a bug, right? Not so!
Most development shops treat a bug as a task. That seems reasonable - it's a bit of work that needs to be done. Unfortunately, it's not so easy. If a bug is …
Read more →Process improvement comment by Randy Eppinger
In the process improvement goal setting post a few days back, I stressed the importance of making your goals specific (and thus measurable). Randy Eppinger made a good comment, and I felt to make it a …
Read more →Be specific when writing TFS and process improvement goals
“Reduce rework”, “Hit scheduled release dates”, “Improve developer productivity”…
We see these all the time as we work with companies on their process …
Read more →VS2005 Template for listening to TFS Events
I’ve posted about this before, however, it’s so important I’ll repost. If you’re trying to create a listener web service for TFS events, don’t start from scratch! Use …
Read more →One of the best things software development shops can do to improve productivity is to set Outlook to only check email once every hour (or 30 minutes at least). This is because people tend to take …
Read more →Shipping unit tests with your shrinkwrapped software
Last year, at PDC, I sat down with Adam Cogan, of SSW, during an MSDN magazine party. Feeling the guilty pleasure of totally geeking out while a decent party was going on, Adam led a group of geeks …
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