OK, so first off I want to address the more personal, individual aspect of this question, rather than the more broader industry angle - which can be found in many other references online and offline (books, articles and the like). These other references...

In the last year or so I have been on a 'mission', a crusade in fact, to complete and promote a software offering that's been under way for the last 3 years. Seems like a long project, but that offering has been evolving and really the journey has been...

Occasionally, I get asked by others internally at Microsoft, what role software factories are going play in their space, 'their space' as it were are server products we ship, such as: SharePoint, Exchange, BizTalk etc. Perhaps I'll start with a problem...