Archive for October, 2008
Practical Process Improvement (Part 3)
In the last post in this series I discussed the process involved around the first part of the ideal bug process. In this post I will finish up the rest of the process and metrics for handling bugs. Fixed, unverified This state indicates the bug has
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MVP TV rescheduled
Unfortunately, the MVP TV session “Gaze Into the Crystal Ball: Reporting in Team System” session had to be rescheduled
The Microsoft Borg
I’m heading to Portland to give a presentation on Team Build 2008, and an announcement went up on the Portland Area .NET
Why is the Estimated Work field not available in TFS Reports?
The Estimated Work field is used to maintain the estimate for a Task work item in the MSF for CMMI Process Template. However, if you’re creating your own report, you’ll find that it’s missing from the available data from both the TfsWarehouse (data warehouse) and TfsWarehouse (OLAP
AgileBUG - The Agile Beer Users Group
Tonight I attended the Agile Beer Users Group, or AgileBUG for short. It was a loose get-together hosted by John (who’s last name was quickly forgotten after the first beer… apologies, John). Very informal, yet filled with a lively assortment of
Practical Process Improvement (Part 2)
In my last post I talked about why metrics are important and what the goals are in using metrics. In this post I’ll talk about the bug process. How does your team handle bugs, how can you gather metrics on
Our Upcoming VSTS Events
Although you can always visit our website, and look at our Upcoming Events page to see a list of our upcoming events. However, here’s a quick summary of many of the events we’re either running
Free VSTS Training - Lap around VSTS 2010 / Rosario
On December 4, 2008, Northwest Cadence will be sponsoring a free “Lap around VSTS 2010 / Rosario” session, here in our Kirkland offices overlooking Lake Washington. Come hear about the latest information about VSTS 2010 (AKA Rosario) from Jeff Levinson, Team System MVP. This free VSTS
VSTS Training - Building Applications using Visual Studio Team System 2008
We’re running our VSTS 5-Day course again, here at our offices at Northwest Cadence on December 8-12, 2008. Get ready for a new year of VSTS productivity by learning the deep ins and outs of VSTS 2008! Here’s a brief blurb. To learn more, send an email to
MVP TV - Gaze into the Crystal Ball: Reporting in Team System made Easy
All the Interaction of the MSDN Chats but with the richer experience of Live meeting and hosted by the recognized world technology leaders –the Visual Studio Team System Microsoft MVP’s. –
Portland, OR: Enterprise Build Automation with VSTS 2008 Team System and Team Build
If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, I’ll be speaking on Enterprise Build Automation. Drop by this free event and learn the characteristics of an Enterprise Build Automation tool, the process to follow, and how to set up automated builds across the entire organization. Code will be
Seattle Code Camp - Nov. 15 & 16 - Still time left!
If you have ever wanted to speak but were afraid or you have something cool to show but didn’t know what to do, this is the time to present! We don’t judge the presenter - only the content! Register for the Seattle Code Camp here (http://seattle.codecamp.us/default.aspx)
Microsoft combines Development and Database Editions of Team System
Microsoft announced that if you own Team System Development Edition, you will automatically be able to download the Database Edition and vice versa. This is in preparation for there being only a Development version with the just announced Visual Studio Team System 2010 (this will include the Database
Practical Process Improvement (Part 1)
So, its been a while since I regularly posted but starting every week or two weeks I’ll be posting a bit on the topic of Process Improvement. Not from a high on the pulpit position but from the “how do I figure out what my problem is and, and more importantly, how do I solve it.”