Community Based Development - Pilot
I have fallen way behind in my blogging over the last week. I have a couple posts yet to write about the pros and cons of community based development (and our processes in general), but I would like to write a quick post to answer a question that Deepak raised in an earlier post. The question was:
"Based on the feedback you have received on your post(s), when do you think your ideas will get excecuted."
The answer is: NOW. Today, we launched a limited pilot for community based development around exam 70-504 - TS: Workflow Foundation. While in the long term I hope to see the "community" extend to anyone who is interested in participating, the pilot is by invitation only. The reason for the limited pilot is simply so that we can more effectively measure the response and contribution. Also, I do want to point out that we are using the community based effort to complement our traditional process. The purpose of the pilot is really to measure response and contribution - we're not betting the farm just yet <g>! Therefore, we will still have our "SME-built" item pool to which community items may be added in the final pool.
We still have a few open slots for the pilot - so - if you are an really good at WF and think that you could contribute a question or two (or more, of course, should you feel inclined), please contact me via this blog and let me know.
I am currently the Editor-in-Chief for MSDN Magazine. I joined Microsoft in 2006 as a product planner with the certification team at Microsoft Learning. Prior to that, I spent my career as a developer and later as an architect. My main technology passions include pretty much anything on language theory, agile development, and service-oriented architecture.
