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• Getting Started with Scrum for Team System v3 Beta 1

  Introduction I thought I’d write a “Quick guide” to help our SfTS v3 beta 1 customers get their new projects configured correctly to ensure that the shiny new reports work as designed and the SfTS event service can automatically roll up dates and Read More... Posted 11 September 2009 11:25 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments

• Scaling Scrum - London Scrum Gathering 2007

  Last week saw the first Scrum Gathering held in the UK and only the second held in Europe. Thanks to all the presenters and attendees who arrived from all over the world and really made the event come alive with great questions in the presentations and Read More... Posted 19 November 2007 09:33 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments Attachment(s): Scaling Agile-Post.zip

• Scaling Agile – Part 2

  Most organisations that we see adopting Agile approaches for large programmes or across an entire organisation have already seen success with one or more Agile projects. In fact, we wouldn’t recommend not having seen a few successes before embarking Read More... Posted 08 December 2006 11:49 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile

• Scaling Agile – Part 1

  I recently presented at the Agile Business Conference in London and the ScrumGathering in Minneapolis. This gave me pause for reflection on what has changed in the world of Agile in the year since I last attended these events. The major change from my Read More... Posted 21 November 2006 17:56 by Colin.Bird | 1 Comments Filed under: Agile

• Blank Buttons and Icons in TFS Source Control Explorer

  I recently ran into a problem using TFS Source control on a new laptop where the buttons and icons in the "Compare" dialog box and screen came up blank, leaving me to guess which was which. So if you get this really helpful set of icons: Or these really Read More... Posted 23 August 2006 11:18 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments

• Agile Architecture PodCast

  I recently attended the Architect Insight Conference where I sat on a panel with Ivar Jacobson to discuss Software Development Methods and Practices, and was also interviewed by Ron Jacobs from Channel 9 on the subject of Agile approaches to software Read More... Posted 21 April 2006 10:54 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments

• Scrum for Team System - V.next

  Ok so we've released Scrum for Team System and so far about 550 people all round the world have downloaded it. What next then? Well we are starting to think about additional tools and enhancements and would love to have your top feature requests. Just Read More... Posted 21 April 2006 10:26 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments

• Scrum for Team System - New Scrum Diagram

  We are rapidly approaching the release of Microsoft's Team Foundation Server and Conchango have undertaken to provide a Scrum process plug-in called "Scrum for Team System". We have Beta 3 of Scrum for Team System out at the moment and are on track to Read More... Posted 10 March 2006 10:15 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments

• Scrum plug-in progress

  As many people already know, we have a team at Conchango developing a Scrum Process (we’re trying not to use the “M” word!) plug-in for VSTS (Visual Studio Team System). Thus far we’ve been building and testing on a combination of TFS (Team Foundation Read More... Posted 02 November 2005 16:56 by Colin.Bird | 3 Comments

• PDC 2005 - Windows Workflow Framework

  I’ve just returned from the PDC in LA and have seen a number of news wire articles and analyst comments being somewhat negative about Microsoft delivering too little too late. These remarks have generally been directed at Longhorn and the fact that it Read More... Posted 20 September 2005 13:57 by Colin.Bird | 0 Comments