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March 2009 - Posts

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Posted Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:44 PM by ChrisBirmele | 1 Comments

Want to know the magic formula of how to develop software successfully?
The magic formula is: Success == People + Process + Tools Well this is hardly a revelation of historic proportions, but why is it people keep looking for that elusive tool that will solve all their problems? Tools are very important, don't get me wrong, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:12 AM by ChrisBirmele | 1 Comments

Want to migrate source code from Subversion, StarTeam or CVS to TFS?
TimelyMigration offers a migration tool to move your Subversion , StarTeam and CVS repositories to Microsoft Team Foundation Server - check it out here . Our folks in Redmond have only good things to say about them - so try them out! Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:23 AM by ChrisBirmele | 0 Comments

Reminder - there is a 30% promotion available until 30th June 2009 ..
In case you haven't heard (or haven't read my blog!) there is a 30% promotion available to step up from Visual Studio Professional to one of the Team Editions or from a Team Edition to Team Suite. This offer is valid until June 30th 2009 , so you still Read More...

Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 1:43 PM by ChrisBirmele | 1 Comments

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The cost of having - or not having - quality in your software
In my role as a Visual Studio Team System technical specialist I spend a lot of time talking to customers about quality software - after all the product is designed with this in mind. Naturally most customers are very keen to increase quality - but only Read More...

Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 9:46 AM by ChrisBirmele | 2 Comments

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Why should I care about 'Quality'?
Quality is one of those words that seem to be self explanatory - "of course we want quality, lots of it!", but when asked "and why is that?" my customers are often at a loss to elaborate. The term is used very liberally in most industries but rarely goes Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:20 PM by ChrisBirmele | 1 Comments

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