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Certified Scrum Developer course … we can finally remove the duck tape :)

In September we had the privilege of attending an alpha version of the Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) course, which is jointly developed by Microsoft,  MVPs such as our esteemed Richard and Mike , and the Scrum Alliance . We have finally been advised Read More...
Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 7:47 PM by willys | 0 Comments

To scrum or to Run … that is the agile question?

Scrum … are we playing rugby? While the term “scrum” is typically used in the context of the sports game Rugby and Springbok victories are a welcome news flash, we will defer the sports discussion thread to another day. Instead we will be focused on the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:20 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … what’s the point? (Posts Links)

This post is simply a collection of the various posts that made up the “ SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … what’s the point ” and related posts. SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … what’s the point? (part 1 of many) SDLC – Software Development Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:41 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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Brian shares great VSTS 2010 Tech-Ed slides from BraziL

If you have not subscribed to Brian Keller’s blog, then it is time to do so. In his recent post Slides from my TechEd Brazil Sessions , he has made two excellent presentations on Visual Studio Team System 2010 available. Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:59 AM by willys | 0 Comments
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VSTS Rangers Projects – VSTS 2010 101 Guidance BETA-2

Good news, Steven has given us the thumbs up for BETA-2, after already giving us the same positive feedback for BETA-1 at the beginning September. He thought we could not improve or impress him any further … as always, the VSTS Rangers proved him wrong Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:50 PM by willys | 0 Comments

Unhappy with Agile … revert to Waterfall. part 2 – What are the options?

In Unhappy with Agile … revert to Waterfall. Is this really The answer? we had a discussion around Agile and Waterfall. Since the dust has settled on that post, I was wondering … ‘so what are the options”. Well, there are gazillion software processes Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 09, 2009 4:55 AM by willys | 1 Comments
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Unhappy with Agile … revert to Waterfall. Is this really The answer?

Getting off the track I recently noticed a question on a distribution list that I have seen and experienced so many time before. A team tried the “Agile” community, failed and plans to move back to another methodology, such as the prescriptive CMMI or Read More...
Posted Monday, September 07, 2009 4:08 AM by willys | 2 Comments
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What is ALM and are the relevant publications too dry for the developers?

If you are expecting a lengthy discussion in ALM and/or SDLC, then you may want to skip this post, because the core theme of this post is to figure out how we can make the related content relevant and appealing to all stakeholders of software projects, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:01 PM by willys | 2 Comments
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Agile Vancouver Community Event … a summary of an exceptional event

The event Agile Vancouver – Scrum at Microsoft took place last night and I counted 98 attendees, which brought the total attendance to a nice 100 with the two presenters included. The presenters Gabe Brown and Adam Meltzer from Microsoft, gave us an exceptional Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:42 PM by willys | 0 Comments
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Agile Vancouver – Scrum at Microsoft

Please visit http://agilevancouver.xplorex.com/?p2=modules/blog/viewcomments.jsp&bid=45 for more details of an exciting Agile/Scrum event that is scheduled at Microsoft Canada Development Centre.   It is part of a series of agile events that Read More...
Posted Monday, June 15, 2009 5:09 PM by willys | 1 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … Forget about prototyping? (part 11 of many)

Hope that got everyone’s attention! The summary of SDLC posts already included an excursion through prototypes and today we will skip the good, the bad and the evil, but instead look at a few types of prototypes. We will conclude by asking again, whether Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 17, 2009 7:02 AM by willys | 2 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … Visual Process & Estimating (Guessing) Software Deliverables

Visual SDLC Those who know me and especially those that have worked with me on projects will know that I visualise everything and that unless Willy has a picture, he is confused, grumpy and constantly scribbling in his notebook. Back in the late 90’s Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 7:34 AM by willys | 2 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … flashback, component-level design principles (part 9 of many)

Continued from SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … testing, the moment of truth (part 8 of many) . I have always been a very practical person, focusing on the task at hand out of intuition, experience and principles that my mentors pounded into me Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 07, 2009 11:23 PM by willys | 2 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … testing, the moment of truth (part 8 of many)

Continued from SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … designing the blueprint (part 7 of many) . Overview Testing is the big unknown, often ignored world that intends to uncover design and construction flaws in a solution. What should be obvious, is Read More...
Posted Friday, March 06, 2009 1:50 PM by willys | 2 Comments
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SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … designing the blueprint (part 7 of many)

Continued from SDLC – Software Development Lifecycle … analyzing the battle ahead (part 6 of many) . Overview During the previous phase, analysis, we communicated, we documented and we visualised. The meetings, the exploration, the observations, the surveys Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:12 PM by willys | 3 Comments
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