This evening I did an online presentation for the Ft. Lauderdale .NET User’s Group on DataDude Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals Visual Studio Team System Database Edition showing how you can use the refactoring, testing and data generation features to do Test-Driven Development in your SQL Server Databases. I’ve put the slides (which…
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Upcoming Events: DataDude, WinDBG and Essential Agile .NET Skills
February is a busy month for me with several presentations and events going on: On February 2nd I’ll be presenting to the Ft. Lauderdale .NET User’s Group on Data Dude (also known as Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals). We’ll be covering how to do Test-First Development of your data and schemas. Information and…
Agile at MIX10
Every year, Microsoft holds a conference called MIX for web developers and designers. This year they had an open call for sessions, and I was lucky enough to be able to submit four sessions. But I need your help – only the top 10 vote-getting sessions get in to MIX, and the voting ends January…
Scrum Alliance Community Organizer Update
Just a quick note – for those of you who were familiar with my role as the Community Liaison with the Scrum Alliance. Effective today, my role has been transition out due to some reorganization happening. There will be announcements in the near future, but for now if you need something related to the Scrum…
Essential Skills for Agile Developers – .NET Edition Scheduled for February in Tampa
Agile. Scrum. XP. Lean. It’s hard to turn anywhere without running into the signs that something is afoot in the development community. Next thing you know, your manager is asking you to deliver working software in a week – with code coverage metrics to boot! In this intensive, hands-on, 3-day session we cover the basics…
Reward Systems and Organizational Change
Most of us don’t give much thought into what happens if our house catches fire. We call 911, the firefighters come in their shiny red (or green, or yellow) trucks, pull some hoses, spray some water, and then we call our insurance agent and begin rebuilding. But there is a lot of training and preparation…
Change your organization, or change your organization
Dawn Cannan has a great post up called Change your organization, or change your organization. This is a phrase I use quite often to people, and something I struggled with because of this very thing: There are many techniques for pushing through resistance, but how can you tell a fight that isn’t winnable? Or, at…
For Value Blockage, Take Some X-LACKS
This week, I had the distinct pleasure of co-presenting with the ever lovable Mitch Lacey at the Agile Development Practices conference in Orlando. I also got the chance to have a great conversation with Alan Shalloway about the state of Scrum and the Scrum Alliance, and to run into Alistair Cockburn. This got me thinking…
ScrumBut – Part 5 – Retrospective after every sprint
<< Sprint Planning Meetings / Sprint Backlog | Series Home | Demo Happens After Every Sprint >> When you think about the hardest part of Scrum, it isn’t the daily stand-ups. Nor the sprint backlog. Not even the demos at the end. The hardest part – and the oft missed part – is “Inspect and…
ScrumBut – Part 4 – Sprint Planning Meetings / Sprint Backlog
<< Daily Scrum | Series Home | Retrospective After Every Sprint >> Ah, the Sprint Backlog. While not quite as visible as the Daily Scrum, the Sprint Backlog makes up the core trifecta of Scrum. And what developer wouldn’t love it? Every two weeks (or four weeks, or whatever iteration length you have) we’ll get…