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  • SDTimes: “Moving software architects into the business analyst role”

    I got interviewed for an article in SDTimes a while back and it just dropped.  The article talks about the changing duties of the software architect with an emphasis on Scrum and Agile. (Thanks to Victoria Reitano for giving me a call.) August 8, 2011 — (Page 1 of 4) The role of the software…

  • SDTimes: “Moving software architects into the business analyst role”

    I got interviewed for an article in SDTimes a while back and it just dropped.  The article talks about the changing duties of the software architect with an emphasis on Scrum and Agile. (Thanks to Victoria Reitano for giving me a call.) August 8, 2011 — (Page 1 of 4) The role of the software…

  • Workaround for TFS2010 MissingFieldException when attaching Team Project Collection

    Summary: I was doing a Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS2010) migration project for a customer a few weeks ago and ran into problems when attempting to attach a migrated Team Project Collection (TPC).  Although the customer assured me that the source instance of TFS2010 had never been attached to Microsoft Project Server, the collection contained…

  • Article: Levels of Team Foundation Server 2010 Build Automation

    My article discussing how to adopt Team Foundation Server 2010 build and the various levels of build “awesomeness” is up at VisualStudioMagazine.com.   The basic gist is how to think about going from no automated builds to achievable levels of automated builds using Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS2010) and what that process would be.  For TFS2010…

  • Silverlight Coded UI Tests with UserControls & AutomationProperties

    Summary: Silverlight Coded UI tests don’t work properly against UserControls unless you specify either AutomationProperties.Name or AutomationProperties.Id on the UserControl. (Thanks to Howie Hilliker @ Microsoft for his help figuring out this problem!) With the release of Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2, we now have the ability to create Coded UI Tests against our…

  • List of standard icons for Windows Phone 7 (WP7)

    Maybe I’m simply a total failure at The Google(s) and The Bing(s) but I went looking for the list of standard icons for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and couldn’t find it anywhere.  After a ton of hunting, I found the icons in C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft SDKsWindows Phonev7.0Icons.  Here are the icon names: appbar.add.rest.png appbar.back.rest.png appbar.basecircle.rest.png…

  • TechEd Atlanta 2011: Identify & Fix Performance Problems with Visual Studio Ultimate

    I was lucky enough to get to speak at TechEd Atlanta this year and I did a session on fixing performance problems using the tools in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.  Identify & Fix Performance Problems with Visual Studio Ultimate It’s a common problem: you’re getting close to when you’re supposed to deploy your new ASP.NET…

  • VSLive Vegas: Top 7 Lessons From My First Big Silverlight Project

    I’m catching up on my blogging today and I’m posting stuff that should have gone up a while ago.  A few months back, I did a Silverlight best practices session at VSLive Las Vegas. Top 7 Lessons Learned On My First Big Silverlight Project Silverlight is tricky. You’d think it’d be just like writing any…

  • Scrum vs. Kanban: It’s All About The Complexity Of The Task

    A few months ago I did a Scrum vs. Kanban session at VSLive Las Vegas 2011 with fellow Scrum Trainer, David Starr.  It went well and I’m just now getting around to posting the slides.  (Better late than never, huh?) The Scrum vs. Kanban Cage Match Scrum and Kanban: Apples and oranges or evil twins?…

  • Scrum vs. Kanban: It’s All About The Complexity Of The Task

    A few months ago I did a Scrum vs. Kanban session at VSLive Las Vegas 2011 with fellow Scrum Trainer, David Starr.  It went well and I’m just now getting around to posting the slides.  (Better late than never, huh?) The Scrum vs. Kanban Cage Match Scrum and Kanban: Apples and oranges or evil twins?…

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