Today, I saw two very interesting things. First, Peter pointed out that Channel 9 has a tour of the new p&p space . (I know that I have mentioned the space at least three times in the past, but I'm still excited about it. I'm excited not only by what...

In my other posts in this series, I shared why I was open to trying agile ideas, and I discussed how and why I adopted TDD ( Part One: An Open Mind and Part Two: TDD ). At the end of the project cycle that sold me on TDD, I was approached by one of the...

As I mentioned in the first post in this series, Part One: An Open Mind , I was ready for change and willing to try TDD. I had just joined the team that was forming to deliver a large project in a short timeframe. I was responsible for an entire subsystem...

I've recently been called a fanatic, crazy, insane, and a zealot about all this agile stuff. This really startled me and made me think about how I come across and how I talk about agile. This has not made me change anything about what I do, what I say...

Like a lot of developers, I spend a lot of time in Visual Studio (Not as much as I used to, since I am Lead Dev, but I still code quite a bit). However, I am relatively new to using TFS and the TFS source control system. Today, I needed to look at all...

I am the Lead Developer on the Web Client Software Factory team here at patterns & practices . After a bit of time working with a number of customers (to ensure we were dealing with relevant problems that people face in the real world), we have started...

We are having a p&p Summit here in Redmond in early October. The noteworthy things about this Summit, other than the great topic, is that I am one of the speakers. I'll be working with Peter Provost on an Agile Talk on Agility . I'll also be discussing...

Don Smith , a Product Manager here at p&p , is asking for input on how we (p&p) should communicate with the community. Thanks to Peter for beating me with a post about this as well . There are the two posts with a lot of questions: It...