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Can SOA be done with an agile approach?
Monday, September 22, 2008 2:51 AM

In this article Martin Fowler looks at SOA and implementing Agile around the concept. http://martinfowler.com/bliki/EvolutionarySOA.html Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: BizTalk, Integration, Design, Architecture, Agile, SCRUM, SOA

Agile and Risk
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:46 AM

Article on how agile practices manage and possibly eliminate risk in the development cycle. http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?Function=edetail&ObjectType=COL&ObjectId=11133&tth=DYN&tt=siteemail&iDyn=2 Subscribe in a reader Join my blog network on Facebook Blog Networks Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! |... Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Design, Agile, SCRUM, .net, XP

Agile And the truth
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 1:51 AM

What is the role of the truth in the Agile development process? Here is a post that seem to know: http://dpwhelan.com/blog/agile/truthfulness-on-software-teams/ Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, Design, patterns, Priciples, Agile, .net, Practices

SCRUM and how to handle interuptions
Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:33 AM

Here is Geoff Watts take on how interuptions during a SCRUM sprint should be dealt with: http://www.scrumalliance.org/articles/91-production-support-and-scrum Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: Development, programming, Design, Agile, SCRUM

Software factories - a practicle implemenation
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:06 AM

Here is an article from MSDN on a practical implementation of software factories. In the article brief principles get discussed, but the over Wow of the article reside in the cutting of development costs. Something to consider: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/cc496679.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it!... Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, Design, Architecture, patterns, Agile, .net, Practices, Factories

DDD in practice
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:37 AM

Found this very good article on infoq by Srini Penchikala on Domain Driven Design and the practice implementation of the concept. Even a sample has been included. Read more here: http://www.infoq.com/articles/ddd-in-practice Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, Design, Architecture, patterns, Agile, SCRUM, .net, Practices

BizTalk Testing
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:38 AM

Nice set of articles on unit testing BizTalk processes. http://geekswithblogs.net/michaelstephenson/archive/2008/04/27/121687.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: BizTalk, Integration, Development, Design, patterns, Agile, Practices, Testing

V1:Agile Team
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:22 AM

VersionOne has released V1:Agile Team. This is a product aimed at small development teams to enable them to get Agile fast. As VersionOne states "much beter than a spreadsheet". http://www.versionone.com/VersionOneTeam.asp Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Integration, Development, Design, Agile, SCRUM, information worker

How long should a sprint last?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:50 AM

InfoQ has got allot of useful information. Here is a short article on what should influence the length of a SCRUM sprint. http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/05/sprint_length Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Integration, Development, programming, Design, WCF, Agile, information worker, Web 2.0, Scum

Collective code ownership
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:36 PM

Article on Infoq.com around the good and bad of implementing collective code ownership as part of your Agile implementation: http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/05/weaknesses_collective_code;jsessionid=FE9DD28338F050DA716815E4A8B3D9C5 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Filed under: C#, Development, programming, Design, patterns, Agile, SCRUM, dotnet, principles