Testing and Test Management (TM) is crucial for successfully delivering projects. Therefore I wrote a white paper on Test Management which can be found attached to this entry. It looks at TM from a Project Management perspective rather than from a Development...

Once more I was asked in a Session about WF why we do use XAML and not BPEL to describe Workflows as markup. The short and simple answer from my personal point of view is: Reading the definition of BPEL , there is stated: [...] is serialized in XML, and...

When using WinFX Feb CTP and building workflows based on it after a while the question arises: How to integrate Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) based services with Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)? Looking at the available activities coming...

There is a bunch of definitions circulating around the net. Is it dedicated to the role definition of the Software Architect? If yes - what is the duty of the Solution/Enterprise Architect and what the duty of the Infrastructure Architect? Is building...

We have a lot of discussions with customers on the topic 'How does VSTS support ITIL?'. First some definitions: ITIL covers Service Delivery and Service Support but not Development. It mentions Development but does not take care how it is done e...

Migration of Applications developed for WinFX Jan CTP to WinFX Feb CTP is sometimes a little bit tricky. A good summary of necessary actions can be found here .

Yesterday the 15th Architects Forum took place at the Microsoft Office in Vienna. Mario and I discussed the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Communication (WF) and Office 2007 and how they integrate into each other. Although the...

Imaginet is creating a free Process Template Editor . Incredible great stuff! After working a lot with Process Templates by editing the XML-Files this tool is marvellous. Some things to mention: You need to have installed Visual Studio Team...