I wanted to get to a point in our planning process where I could actually comment on the final plans and take about the courses.  However, the past 6 weeks has been a flurry of activity around fine-tuning the Instructor-Led Training (ILT) plan for Microsoft Learning (part of my newer role as Lead ILT Planner).  We are finally "at the edge of the cliff" for approval, so I wanted to share with you how I want to see the whole Orcas curriculum fit together...

I would like to see a more cohesive scenario for all of the technologies, how they work well together, what roles they might take in a large distributed application.  So I would like to use an overarching scenario, "Connected Systems", that will allow you both focus on the particular technology being taught, say WPF, and at the same time see how that fits in a larger project.  The nice thing would be that, if you happen to return for a course in WCF, WF, etc., the scenario would be the same, just a different part of the application...oh, and no necessary order in which you need to take the courses.  You can take one or all...you can still learn what you need on the technology and see how this can apply to a much larger project.

Context is always nice to have.