March 2009 - Posts

Enterprise Library 5.0 – tentative product backlog published, story/feature prioritization is open – your participation is invited!
27 March 09 12:01 AM

EntLib Community! First of all, let me thank all of those who actively took part in providing their ideas and suggestions for the next version of EntLib. There are over 50 comments posted to my original invite and a similar number of emails, all of which Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, new release

Thinking about business rules in Enterprise Library 5.0
26 March 09 03:03 PM

We’ve been exploring the feedback on business rules and how they may apply to EntLib. We see a number of possibly interesting scenarios, but they vary across a number of dimensions. We want to see if we can narrow down the options and what would be useful Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, WF, business rules, business rules engine

Ethnographies to guide strategy
25 March 09 01:28 AM

Ethnographies are descriptions of people with their habits and points of difference (typically, in their natural settings). They explore the richness, depth, and complexity of some phenomena. These descriptions are based on extended observations, which Read More...

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Filed under: empirical evidence, articles, research, user experience

(Un)training puppies or adventures into the world of agile
20 March 09 06:18 PM

As I was going through postings from our internal agile discussion forum (yes, we do have one at Microsoft and it’s pretty vibrant too, with, on average, about a dozen of messages daily), I came across the draft of Sara Ford’s story about how she learnt Read More...

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Filed under: empirical evidence, agile

Just Released – Hands-on Labs for Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2
18 March 09 05:38 PM

I know it’s easy to get lost in the plethora of announcements and buzz from MIX’09, but today we are releasing a set of hands-on labs for all the application blocks in Enterprise Library. We believe that this valuable release will not go unnoticed by Read More...

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Filed under: intro, EntLib, guide, Enterprise Library, Unity, new release, labs, ease of use, learnability

Where to find useful stuff from the Agile conference?
13 March 09 10:31 PM

Agile conference traditionally publishes proceedings (that’s where you find all research papers and experience reports ). Attendees also receive a CD or a memory stick with tutorial materials (decks, handouts, demos etc.). Several main stage talks are Read More...

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Filed under: agile, Agile2008, workshop, talks, proceedings