October 2008 - Posts

Agile Perspectives PDC Workshop
31 October 08 08:14 PM

As promised, here’s the deck Mary Poppendieck and I used during the workshop . We hope it was worth the attendees’ time. We encourage you to try new techniques we talked about and let us know how your agile adoption is going. For more information, visit Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, agile, talks, PDC, lean

Attachment(s):http://gmelnik.com/talks/PDC2008%20Pre-con%20Agile%20Perspectives%20MPoppendieck%20GMelnik.pdf

Patterns & practices goodness – early Christmas
31 October 08 08:02 PM

Earlier this week I’ve announced the releases of Enterprise Library 4.1, Unity 1.2 and Acceptance Test Engineering Guide BETA1. This is not all. Additionally, our group has just shipped: Application Architecture Guide 2.0 Beta 1 Distributed Agile Development Read More...

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News: Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance BETA1
31 October 08 06:46 PM

I am pleased to announce the release of the Acceptance Test Engineering guide BETA1. You can download it from http://codeplex.com/TestingGuidance Common Scenarios Addressed: How to Plan for Acceptance Testing What Kinds of Acceptance Tests to Run How Read More...

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Filed under: guide, acceptance tests, software testing, software acceptance, readiness assessment, new release

Just Released: Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2
28 October 08 02:17 PM

From the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, I am writing this message in between many exciting PDC sessions and conversations with customers of Enterprise Library and other p&p assets. Microsoft patterns & practices is pleased to announce Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, VS2008, extensibility, Enterprise Library, Unity, interception, AOP