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It’s always been possible to descope work in the Scrum for Team System template. But the method employed in Version 2.2 whilst functional, was quite fiddly, overly manual and not very “Scrummy”. When building 3.0 we took the opportunity to revamp the way in which it worked and better utilise the power of the Event Service (something you can see ...

In October 2009 I created 2 codeplex projects which I would to tell you about: SQL Server Reporting Services MSBuild Tasks (ssrsmsbuildtasks) A few years ago I created some tasks for MSBuild to help deploy reports for my project, details can be found here,  since then my tasks have been re-used in a few other projects within my ...

In Scrum for Team System 2.x Product Backlog Items (PBI’s) lived a simple life. They had an iteration path, an area path and were linked to Sprint Backlog Items (SBI’s). Confusingly, the more common terminology for SBI’s amongst non TFS users is Sprint Backlog Tasks – or SBT’s – which is why we’ve adopted this terminology for our Version 3.0 ...

The new bug model in Scrum for Team System 3.0 might look obvious at first, but it's taken a long while getting to where it is. Before I start delving into how the new bug model works, it's worth taking some time to describe what came before it. Almost by coincidence, each of the three major versions of Scrum for Team System have had a different ...

There has been some small amount of confusion around the Scrum for Team System version numbers, especially with the popularity of the 2010 TFS Beta.   This short post should help clarify things.   Version Latest Release TFS version Next version Expected 1.x 1.2 ...

To support the release of Beta 1 of Scrum for Team System 3.0 for 2010, this is the first in a series of blog posts that will help you prepare for the release of the template and better plan your adoption strategy. Scrum for Team System 3.0 (for TFS 2010) brings with it many changes, many of which work together to produce what I believe is our ...

While catching up on long overdue flagged posts to read - I spotted a familiar meme on becoming a better developer – I wrote about Continuous Education almost 2 years and it’s nice to see that this topic keeps reappearing. I’ve updated my bubble graph of the technologies to include those that I’ve used over the last 12 months and have also added ...

Now you don't have to... Position.Net ConsultantTechnology TeamIyas AlQasem, Director of TechnologyEgham, London, Client SiteDepartmentReporting toLocationConchango is the leading UK provider of technology solutions for business opportunities. We are a Microsoft Gold partner in 7 competencies, and are the only UK independent consultancy to ...

Last Community Day I did a short presentation to the Conchango .NET Development Community about all the .NET projects that we’re currently working on and some of the Web 2.0 / Windows Vista / .NET Framework 3.0 initiatives we’re involved with; we’re really busy at the moment and I know all of the developers are involved with making their own ...

One of my Xmas hobby projects was to produce a WinForm GUI for creating and editing Microsoft SDC Build Tool configuration files – I really wanted to make it much easier for developers (and myself) to manage SDC build scripts – I’m sure I’m not the only person who gets giddy and disoriented navigating around any script that’s over 20 or so steps ...