Visual Studio business news : Software Quality

Visual Studio 2010 Test and Lab Management ressources

Dannawi — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:00 GMT

A good source of information on Visual Studio 2010 Test and Lab Management is the respective team blogs at VSTS Quality tools blog and Lab Management team blog . J....(read more)

“Visual Studio 2010 – the ultimate offer” roadshow - invitation

Dannawi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:37:00 GMT

The next wave of the latest Microsoft technologies is about to land on our shores, providing new and exciting ways to develop custom applications. Visual Studio 2010 is the upcoming release of Microsoft’s market leading integrated Development Tool Platform...(read more)

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 – 4 major announcements today (what you need to know)

Dannawi — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:08:00 GMT

Here we go; we have 4 key announcements today to the developer community Information #1: Visual Studio 2010 (and .NET Framework 4) will be officially launched on March 22 nd , 2010. Microsoft has also simplified the product lineup, customers will be able...(read more)

Why building software solution during this (soon over) Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is a key priority?

Dannawi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:27:00 GMT

Any enterprise, during a downturn or a slowdown, will focus on 2 priorities · Growing the share · Reducing the operational cost Why growing the share? If you can’t increase your revenue with your customers as they are asking you to cost less, then you...(read more)

Check the URL - "Wehatemanualtesting"

Dannawi — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:30:00 GMT

Funny URL but a good reference page http://wehatemanualtesting.spaces.live.com J....(read more)

2009 Standish Chaos Report - We are successful in repeating our failures :)

Dannawi — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:44:00 GMT

New Standish Chaos report ... same results . The report shows a backwards trend in software success: 32% Successful (On Time, On Budget, Fully Functional) 44% Challenged (Late, Over Budget, And/Or Less than Promised Functionality) 24% Failed (Canceled...(read more)

TCO : Visual Studio Team System or Open source ?

Dannawi — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:21:00 GMT

/ Disclaimer : remove the emotion while reading this post and be as cold in the analysis as an excel spreadsheet can be / / Disclaimer #2 : TCO include more than just the cost of the solution. Keep in mind that 80 to 85% of a devteam cost is based on...(read more)

do you know NDEPEND ?

Dannawi — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:46:00 GMT

NDepend is a tool that simplifies managing a complex .NET code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, plan massive refactoring, do effective code reviews and master evolution by comparing different versions of...(read more)

Data3 invits you for a "software quality" breakfast

Dannawi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:12:00 GMT

Click here to register to attend the Data # 3 and Microsoft Visual Studio Team System seminars this month. Do you or your team develop and manipulate software to support your business? Whether you are a team of 5 or a team of 50, your software development...(read more)

Measuring ROI - Moving from Cost Centre To Strategic Partner

Dannawi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:30:00 GMT

I recommand to read the blog post from Josh holmes about the importance of measuring ROI in our IT activities few extracts : "But, if you're not measuring the ROI, how can you talk to the business about the possible ROI?" The cheapest feature is the one...(read more)

[Microsoft research] PEX - automated Unit test

Dannawi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:19:00 GMT

Have you heard about PEX ? Description : Right from the Visual Studio code editor, Pex finds interesting input-output values of your methods, which you can save as a small test suite with high code coverage. Pex performs a systematic analysis, hunting...(read more)

[AUS only] Invitation - Microsoft Software Quality Roadshow

Dannawi — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:37:00 GMT

Quality without compromise! Quality means different things to different people, but arguably it is the most important attribute of any software solution. Failure is not an option in these tough economic times; it is paramount to be in control of the application...(read more)

Application Lifecycle – Total Cost of Ownership

Dannawi — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:38:00 GMT

What is your TCO for building and running your applications? How much of your budget are you spending just to keep the light on? What percentage of your investment (time and money) is creating new value Vs dealing with your legacy systems? Do you know...(read more)

NUnit for Team Build

Dannawi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:54:00 GMT

please have a look to this codeplex project : " NUnit for Team Build " This project is adding support for NUnit to TFS 2008's Team Build so that your NUnit test results are visible in the build log and incorporated into the data warehouse for reporting....(read more)