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In an earlier post , I mentioned about NetObjectives "Implementing Agile Development" process template for Visual Studio Team System. Now you can download this template from Templex , a TFS Process Library project in CodePlex. This template was developed...

At Microsoft patterns & practices, teams use Visual Studio Team System to manage their agile projects. Index cards are a key tool for agile teams to manage their tasks. Ade Miller from p&p posted this blog detailing two techniques that teams at...

Mike Azocar (one of the authors of the VSTS Lightweight Scrum template) will be presenting: Scrum-tastic Development with Visual Studio Team System and Light Weight Scrum Thursday, September 25 th , 2008 | 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT, Redmond time) ...

We have been running Microsoft patterns & practices summit for a few years now. The next summit will be held in Redmond between Nov 3rd and 7th. You can learn more about this summit by clicking here .We have an impressive list of keynote speakers...

How to write less code and play more golf? For patterns & practices, Enterprise Library is an important deliverable. We call it our crown jewel. Over the last few years, Enterprise Library has had about 1.3 million downloads. Here are some interesting...

You have heard about the facility at p&p and how it’s built for agile teams. Now get a view inside one of the team rooms at p&p. In this video, I and Ade Miller give you a walkthrough of a team room and show off the various features of it such...

I sat down with Mary and Grigori during Agile 2008 Conference to talk about their plans for the Agile Pre Conference at PDC 2008. The video is now live in Channel 9. Countdown to PDC2008: Did somebody say Agile Pre Con at PDC? Chat with Mary and...

Conchango released version 2 of their Scrum for Team System template several months ago. Simon Bennett from Conchango mentioned about the different utilities that their team built along the way. One of them is the "Work Item Migration utility". Here is...

I just posted a blog entry about EntLib and Alex's article. I also wanted to share this list of web casts on Enterprise Library. Time to grab some popcorn and soda :) Happy watching! Extending the Microsoft Enterprise Library Unity Application Block Dependency...

India DPE is organizing Virtual TechDays again this year between Sept 18th and 19th. My p&p colleagues Ade Miller , Blaine Wastell and Francis Cheung will be delivering two sessions on the 18th. See the agenda below for the details of these sessions...

. Recently Grigori Melnik and I did a code cast with David Starr and Chris Brandsma from Elegant Code . In this code cover we covered a range of topic. Here is an excerpt from the Elegant Code site: "Chris and David were lucky enough to sit down...