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Engineering as a Leadership System: Moving Beyond Frameworks
Delivery outcomes are shaped less by frameworks and practices than by the operating model leaders have designed. How an organisation's …
Why Most Companies Operating Models Fail in Dynamic Markets
A concise comparison of Predictive and Adaptive Operating Models, explaining why traditional structures fail in dynamic markets and how …
Telling People What to Do Is Not Leadership. It’s a Failure of System Design
Explores why real leadership means designing systems that enable team autonomy, flow, and accountability, rather than relying on …
AI Agents Lie About Being Done
My agent reported every task complete when half the tests were missing. Call that a lie if you like. The engineering problem is that the …
Don’t Manage Dependencies, Remove Them
Explains why dependencies are a sign of poor system design and outlines steps to eliminate them by aligning teams, clarifying ownership, and …
The Estimation Trap: How Tracking Accuracy Undermines Trust, Flow, and Value in Software Delivery
Tracking estimation accuracy in software delivery leads to mistrust, fear, and distorted behaviours. Focus on customer value, flow, and …
Is Agile Really Just a Mindset?
Explores Agile as a disciplined system of delivery, emphasizing engineering excellence, CI/CD, observability, and system design over mindset …
Stop Building Silos. Start Building Systems
Explains how fragmented automation and tool silos harm software delivery, and advocates for unified engineering systems and platform …
How to Build for Business Resilience and Continuity
Learn key strategies for building business resilience and continuity, including observability, system decoupling, routine deployments, team …
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TFS Event Handler: CTP 1 Delayed
The first Community Technology Preview of the TFS Event Handler is delayed, with updates on framework enhancements, current progress, and …
Programmer personality type
Explains a programmer personality type focused on fast results, low-level coding, teamwork, and liberal use of whitespace and comments for …
Sharepoint 3.0 TFS Sub-Site creation investigation result
Automating SharePoint 3.0 sub-site creation for TFS projects is not supported; manual site setup is required unless you customise the …
NetIDme
Online identity verification service enabling users to prove their identity for safer interactions, with support for CardSpace, ChatShield, …
HTC Touch
Overview of the HTC Touch smartphone, its features, and its role as an early iPhone competitor, including manufacturer details and …
TFS Process Templates
Explains how Team Foundation Server process templates enable custom workflows, highlights their flexibility, and offers advice for effective …
Microsoft Surface: Wow
Amazement at Microsoft Surface, a new interactive touchscreen device, highlighting its innovative features and potential impact on …
SharePoint 3.0 TFS Sub-Site creation error
Explains troubleshooting steps and error messages when creating Team Foundation Server sub-sites in SharePoint 3.0, including site URL …
My Wish List of Team Foundation Server Tools
A list of desired Team Foundation Server tools, including event handlers, workflow integration, Jira and BPEL sync, simplified work item …
Setting up TFS to create project portals as child sites of an existing SharePoint 3.0 site (or sub site)
Guide to integrating Team Foundation Server with SharePoint 3.0 by creating project portals as child sites, including setup steps, …
Team Foundation Server & SharePoint 3.0
Guidance on configuring Team Foundation Server to create project sites under a SharePoint 3.0 subsite, enabling a central intranet portal …
TFS Gotcha (Exception Handling)
Explains how to handle non-serialisable Team Foundation Server exceptions in WCF by creating custom serialisable exceptions for reliable …
Creating WCF Service Host Programmatically
Explains how to programmatically create and configure a WCF Service Host in .NET, including base addresses, endpoints, bindings, and service …
Custom WCF Proxy
Explains how to create custom WCF proxies in .NET to avoid redundant class generation and object conversion when consuming Windows …
TFS Speed Problems
Advice on diagnosing and resolving Team Foundation Server speed issues, including network checks, server specifications, and common causes …
Delving into SharePoint 3.0
Explores key features and improvements in SharePoint 3.0, including setup experience, intranet creation, and initial impressions compared to …
TFS Feature Wish (TFS Checkin Notifier)
Proposes a Team Explorer add-in for TFS to notify users when a checked-out file becomes available, streamlining file access and …
Benefits of remote access for Team System
Enables secure, controlled remote access for global teams, allowing efficient collaboration, task tracking, and integration of overseas …
Recipe for Team Server in a small business
Breaks down the costs and benefits of setting up Team Foundation Server for small businesses, covering licensing, hardware, and key features …
Would anyone be interested in hosted Visual Studio Team System (LinkedIn Question)
Discussion on the demand and benefits of hosted Visual Studio Team System for small businesses, covering customisation, security, access, …
Workflow
Explores adding workflow support to Team Foundation Server Event Handler, enabling users to create, edit, and manage workflows directly in a …
TFS Event Handler Progress
Update on TFS Event Handler project progress, focusing on resolving security issues, improving error handling in WCF services, and …
TFS Event Handler: CTP1 Imminent
First Community Technology Preview (CTP1) of TFS Event Handler is being prepared, aiming to deliver initial core features for Team …
Studying for Exam 70-536: MCTS Application Development Foundation
Guidance on self-studying for Microsoft Exam 70-536, covering .NET Framework 2.0 fundamentals for MCTS certification and tips for developers …
Envisioning vs Provisioning
Compares envisioners, who innovate and prototype with new tech, to provisioners, who deliver reliable solutions, highlighting their roles in …
TFS Event Handler: Coverage & Comments
Discusses feedback and key issues for the TFS Event Handler project, focusing on security for uploaded assemblies and handling of referenced …
TFS EventHandler: MSMQ Refactor
Refactoring a TFS Event Handler to use MSMQ, splitting it into modular services for event queuing and handling, improving maintainability …
TFS EventHandler: Now on CodePlex
Team Foundation Server EventHandler is now available on CodePlex, with ongoing updates to use Message Queuing and a Windows Service. Source …
I'm Luke Skywalker according to the Star Wars personality test
Result of a Star Wars personality test revealing a match with Luke Skywalker, reflecting on the outcome and sharing related links and …
Selling the benefits of Team System
Guidance on effectively promoting Team System to developers, managers, and project teams, addressing their concerns and strategies for …
TFS EventHandler: Message Queuing
Explains using message queues in Team Foundation Server EventHandler to manage events reliably, ensuring no data loss during handler updates …
Team Server Event Handlers made easy
Explains a simple way for power users to create, upload, and manage custom event handlers for Team Foundation Server events using an admin …
Visual Studio Team System Blogs
Browse official Microsoft Visual Studio Team System blogs, featuring updates and insights from the development team. Community blogs are not …
Beta Exam 71-510: TS: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server
Experience earning the MCTS: Team Foundation Server certification via Beta Exam 71-510, including exam results, certification details, and …
Serialize Assembly for Service calls over Http
Explains how to transmit a .NET assembly over HTTP in a WCF service call, focusing on serialisation and deserialisation without using byte …
Introduction to .NET Framework 3.0 for Developers Event
Overview of key features in .NET Framework 3.0 for developers, including CardSpace, Windows Workflow Foundation, and practical insights from …
Mobile Device Center
Discusses the limitation of Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista, highlighting its inability to sync with built-in contacts, calendar, and …
TeamPlain - Revisit
Shows how to use JavaScript to shorten long project names in a TeamPlain dropdown, offering a workaround for poor project name …
Team Server Hmm!
Explains how to connect Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to Team Foundation Server using the MSSCCI Provider for integrated source …
TFS Admin Tool 1.2 Gotcha
Describes an issue in TFS Admin Tool 1.2 where adding a user as "Contributer" fails to grant necessary "Reader" permissions in reporting …
Free Online training from Microsoft
Access free Microsoft online training workshops and courses on WSE 3.0 security, routing, and SQL Server 2005, suitable for .NET and Visual …
TeamPlain Error: TF14002
Explains the TF14002 error in TeamPlain, where NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE lacks valid user group access, and discusses possible causes …
TeamPlain - Install and initial views
Covers installing TeamPlain, initial setup experience, project name display issues, and early observations on user access control and …
Microsoft has acquired TeamPlain
Microsoft has acquired TeamPlain, making its web access software for Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation Server available for free to all …
Advanced Email Content addendum
Discusses the limitations of emailing XBAP applications, highlighting the impact on sharing WPF-based presentations, forms, and demos within …
Advanced Email Content
Explores embedding interactive 3D and WPF/XBAP content directly in emails, discussing technical feasibility, security concerns, and …
MSDN Roadshow UK 2007
Highlights experiences and key speakers from the 2007 MSDN Roadshow in Glasgow, focusing on sessions about LINQ and software development …
TFS Weekend Part 1 - Install
A walkthrough of installing Team Foundation Server (TFS) in a small business, covering setup steps, admin access, permissions, and remote …
TFS Gotcha (server name)
Explains how to fix TFS installation issues caused by server name and proxy settings by editing the hosts file and renaming the server to …
TFS Gotcha (SP1)
Step-by-step guide to resolving common installation and repair issues with Team Foundation Server SP1 on data and application tiers, …