Operational Practices

Strategies and techniques for enhancing efficiency and optimising delivery in operational workflows.

A collection of practices aimed at enhancing workflow efficiency and delivery effectiveness. Posts explore visual management, work-in-progress limits, continuous improvement, and performance metrics, drawing insights from systems thinking, complexity theory, and empirical evidence to foster adaptive and responsive operational environments.

Applying Professional Kanban (APK) Course with Certification

Applying Professional Kanban (APK) Course with Certification
Applying Professional Kanban (APK) Course with Certification

Revolutionize Your Team’s Performance with Kanban: Join our Immersion Training Course for a deep, practical dive into Kanban principles, designed to seamlessly integrate into your work life and foster continuous improvement and real-world application. Transform the way you deliver value today!

Embracing Automation: The Key to Transforming Your Development Process and Boosting Confidence

Unlock the secrets of successful product development! Discover how automation transforms testing, deployment, and quality assurance for engineering teams.
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Why Handoffs Are Killing Your Agility

Explore the detrimental impact of handoffs in software development and discover strategies to eliminate them for better agility.
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Definition of Done - Objective vs Subjective

Learn the critical distinction between subjective goals and the objective Definition of Done (DoD) in Scrum. This guide dives into why a measurable, automated DoD is essential for consistent quality, stakeholder trust, and professional-grade product delivery.
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Transforming Organisational Culture: Unlocking Engineering Excellence Through System Optimisation

Transform your organisation’s culture with Naked Agility. Discover how to optimise systems for maximum value and achieve engineering excellence today!
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Transforming Waste into Value: How to Boost ROI with Agile Metrics

Uncover the hidden waste in your organisation! Learn how DORA metrics can boost innovation and ROI while embracing agility for better value.
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Code Reviews for Quality Assurance

Reimagine code reviews with Martin Hinshelwood! Discover how automation and a shift-left approach enhance quality and speed in software development.
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Security by Design Building Secure Software

Learn to embed security from the start in software development. Join Martin Hinshelwood as he explores shifting left for resilient, secure software.
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The Hidden Costs of Poor Quality Code—and How to Turn It Into a Superpower

Discover the hidden costs of poor-quality code with Martin Hinshelwood. Learn how investing in quality boosts productivity and protects your brand.
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Mastering Data Migration: How to Minimise Downtime and Keep Your Engineers Productive

Minimise downtime during data migration with expert insights! Discover how strategic planning and Git can keep your team productive.
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The Problem with Incompetent Scrum Masters: Why Lack of Skills in Team Context Results in Poor ROI

Discover the true ROI of hiring skilled Scrum Masters and learn how their competence impacts team performance, innovation, and value delivery.
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Kanban Guide

Discover more about Kanban Guide and how it can help you in your Agile journey!
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One Engineering System

Unify your development pipeline with One Engineering System. Ensure seamless collaboration and integration across all engineering teams and workflows.
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The Power of Kaizen: Continuous Improvement in Scrum and Beyond

Unlock the power of Kaizen in Kanban! Discover how continuous improvement can elevate your workflows and drive optimal results. Embrace the journey!
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The Common Challenges of Adopting DevOps Practices

Discover the challenges organisations face in adopting DevOps practices and why real-world production testing is crucial for user experience success.
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Unlocking Continuous Improvement: How Metrics and Visualisation Drive Workflow Success

Unlock the secrets of continuous improvement with Caman! Discover how metrics and visual tools can enhance your workflows and drive success.
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Transform Your Team's Efficiency: The Three Core Principles of Caman Workflow Management

Transform your team’s workflow with Caman’s three core principles: clarity, active management, and continuous improvement. Discover how to enhance collaboration today!
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DevOps: Elevating Your Organization’s Performance Through Bespoke Solutions

Explore tailored DevOps consulting services in this video, uncovering how organisations can optimise practices for better software delivery and quality.
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Mastering Your Kanban Board: A Practical Guide to Visualising and Optimising Your Workflow

Transform your workflow with a Kanban board! Discover how to visualise tasks, adapt processes, and boost team efficiency in our latest blog post.
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Unlocking Continuous Improvement: How Metrics and Visual Tools Transform Your Workflow

Unlock the secrets of continuous improvement with Caman! Discover how metrics and visual tools can transform your workflow and drive meaningful change.
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Embrace Kaizen: Unlocking Continuous Improvement for Personal and Team Success

Unlock the power of Kaizen! Discover how continuous improvement can transform your work and personal life with small, impactful changes. Embrace growth today!
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Detecting Agile BS: Lessons from the Department of Defense

Is your development ecosystem truly Agile? Discover insights from the DoD and learn to eliminate bottlenecks for seamless, innovative delivery! 🚀
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Is Your Project Ecosystem Truly Agile?

Unlock true agility in product management! Discover how to break down silos, embrace automation, and maximise stakeholder value in this insightful video.
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Maximizing Transparency and Improvement in Software Engineering with Kanban

Unlock the power of Kanban! Discover how it enhances software engineering processes, boosts efficiency, and fosters team collaboration. Watch now!
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Why Limiting Work in Progress is Key to Success in Kanban

Discover how limiting work in progress (WIP) can transform your Kanban approach, boost productivity, and enhance focus in this insightful video!
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Mastering Your Kanban Board: A Practical Guide to Visualising Workflows for Maximum Efficiency

Transform your workflow with a tailored Kanban board! Discover how to visualise tasks, enhance collaboration, and identify bottlenecks for improved efficiency.
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Why Cost-Cutting During Recessions Is Counterproductive

Discover how to recession-proof your business by investing in people and processes. Learn Kanban strategies to boost effectiveness and thrive, not just survive!
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Mastering Kanban: A Simple Guide to Its Core Principles

Unlock peak productivity with Kanban! Discover 3 essential principles to simplify workflows and enhance efficiency in this must-watch video.
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Understanding Kanban: A Tool for Transparency and Continuous Improvement

Unlock the true power of Kanban! Discover its benefits, key metrics, and how to transform your workflows into a secret weapon for process improvement.
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Illuminate Your Workflow: Harnessing Candan Strategies for Continuous Improvement and Transparency

Unlock the power of Candan strategies! Discover how flow metrics enhance transparency and drive continuous improvement in your workflows.
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The Importance of Visualizing Your Work in a Kanban Strategy

Unlock the power of Kanban! Discover best practices for visualising workflows, optimising processes, and boosting team productivity in this insightful video.
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The Key to a Kanban Strategy: Understanding WIP Limits

Discover how to optimise work flow with effective WIP limits! Learn critical factors for establishing them as a Kanban strategist. Watch now!
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Mastering Kanban: Creating a Pull-Based System for Workflow Efficiency

Unlock your team’s potential with Kanban! Discover how pull-based principles enhance workflow efficiency, reduce waste, and boost productivity in this insightful video.
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3 core practices of Kanban. Improving a workflow.

Unlock your workflow’s potential with Kanban! Discover 3 core practices to visualise, manage, and continuously improve for peak efficiency.
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Mastering Kanban: The Essential Guide to Defining and Visualising Your Workflow for Maximum Efficiency

Unlock your team’s potential by mastering Kanban! Discover how defining and visualising your workflow can boost clarity, alignment, and efficiency.
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3 core practices of Kanban. Actively managing work items in a workflow.

Unlock your team’s potential with our guide to active workflow management in Kanban. Learn to optimise processes and prevent bottlenecks for seamless operations!
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Overview of Applying Professional Kanban course.

Unlock your team’s potential with our “Applying Professional Kanban” course! Learn key principles, tools, and techniques for continuous improvement.
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Overview of 'applying metrics for predictability' Kanban course.

Unlock your team’s potential! Discover how to enhance predictability in delivery using Kanban metrics in this insightful course overview. 🚀📊 #Kanban #Agile
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Overview of 'applying flow metrics for Scrum' course.

Unlock Scrum’s potential with Kanban! Discover how flow metrics can enhance planning, execution, and retrospectives for better team performance.
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Getting started with Kanban.

Discover how to effortlessly launch a Kanban pilot in your organisation, tackle common challenges, and leverage metrics for workflow improvement!
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Why is Kanban becoming increasingly popular in creative industries?

Explore why Kanban is gaining traction in creative industries! Discover its adaptability, core principles, and how it enhances workflow efficiency.
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What is Kanban?

Unlock the power of Kanban! Discover how to optimise workflows, visualise processes, and drive continuous improvement in this essential guide.
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The Importance of Evidence-Based Management in Agile Environments

Discover 5 compelling reasons to adopt Evidence-Based Management in your Agile environment. Transform your approach and drive measurable success! #EBM #Agile #Shorts
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Applying Metrics for Predictability

Applying Metrics for Predictability
Applying Metrics for Predictability

Join our immersive 8-week course to become an expert in agile metrics and forecasting. Gain the skills to predict project outcomes, reduce uncertainty, and improve your decision-making, all while learning at your own pace.

Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban

Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban
Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban

Discover the transformative ‘Applying Scaled Portfolio Kanban’ course, equipping you with the tools to positively influence your organization. From setting up transparent systems to managing portfolios effectively, gain actionable skills for real-world impact.

Agile Kata Professional

Agile Kata Professional
Agile Kata Professional

Transform your agile journey with our 1-day Agile Kata course, designed to overcome the common challenges in agile transformations. Learn through a mix of instructor-led and hands-on activities, tailoring the Agile Kata pattern to fit your team’s unique needs and drive real organizational change.

Deciphering the Enigma of Story Points Across Teams

Explore how to effectively use Story Points in agile teams. Discover better metrics for performance and value delivery to enhance your team’s success.
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Why is Kanban such a popular approach for people in creative industries?

Discover why Kanban thrives in creative industries, tackling complexity and enhancing visibility. Join Martin Hinshelwood for insights on this agile approach!
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In WIP, less is more.  Why?

Unlock productivity with ‘Less is More’ in Agile! Discover how minimalism transforms workflows and boosts efficiency. Watch now! 🚀
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Unlocking Value in DevOps: My Role as a Consultant in Driving Change and Overcoming Bottlenecks

Discover the core of DevOps consulting: identifying bottlenecks, optimising workflows, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Join the conversation!
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What is your favourite DevOps consulting outcome?

Join Martin Hinshelwood as he shares his favourite DevOps consulting outcome, highlighting the transformative power of agile practices in diverse industries.
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Why do you think that 4 half days is a better format than 2 full days?

Discover why Martin Hinshelwood advocates for 4 half days of Scrum training over 2 full days, enhancing learning in agile environments.
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Professional Kanban Trainer for Applying Professional Kanban

Become a certified Professional Kanban Trainer with expert guidance from Martin Hinshelwood. Learn to optimize value flow and enhance your Scrum practices!
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Mastering Site Reliability: Insights from Azure DevOps on Building a Resilient Live Site Culture

Discover how the Azure DevOps team at Microsoft balances reliability and agility in software development. Learn key SRE practices to enhance your team’s performance!
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Continuous Delivery Using Azure DevOps Services Training

Continuous Delivery Using Azure DevOps Services Training
Continuous Delivery Using Azure DevOps Services Training

This two-day course provides students with the DevOps principles and related hands-on practices to work better as a team, scale their agility, share and integrate their work, and deliver working software continuously in order to enable faster delivery of value and receive early and valuable feedback.

Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) with Certification

Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) with Certification
Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) with Certification

Professional ScrumTM with Kanban (PSK) is a 2-day course that teaches Scrum practitioners how to apply Kanban practices to their work. Through theory, case studies, and hands-on exercises, participants will understand the importance of transparency and flow as it pertains to the Scrum framework."

Open-source with VSTS or TFS and Github for better DevOps

Discover how to sync your code between VSTS and GitHub for seamless DevOps. Leverage open-source benefits while maximizing VSTS capabilities. Learn more!
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Branch Policies for TFVC

Explore effective branch policies for TFVC to streamline your development process. Learn how to implement checks and improve code quality with ease!
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TFS Build reports Licencies.licx: unable to load type

Discover solutions for the ‘unable to load type’ error in TFS build reports. Learn how to streamline your CI builds and enhance your development process.
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Maven release perform tries to do a Get to a workspace sub folder in TFS

Discover how to resolve Maven release issues with TFS when switching from SVN. Learn best practices for a smoother build and release process.
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TFS Process Template migration script updated

Discover how to easily migrate TFS process templates with our updated script. Follow five simple steps to streamline your Agile and Scrum processes!
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Mask password in Jenkins when calling TEE

Learn how to mask passwords in Jenkins when using Team Explorer Everywhere to enhance security and prevent sensitive data exposure in your build logs.
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Configuring Jenkins to talk to TFS 2013

Learn how to configure Jenkins to integrate with TFS 2013 seamlessly, ensuring a smooth transition for your Java teams. Enhance your build process today!
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ALM Consulting in Scotland, UK, Scandinavia & Europe

Discover expert ALM consulting across Scotland, the UK, and Europe. Enhance your software development processes with tailored training and coaching.
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Kanban with Team Foundation Service

Discover how to effectively implement Kanban using Team Foundation Service to enhance your team’s workflow and boost productivity.
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Quality enablement to achieve predictable delivery

Achieve predictable software delivery by establishing quality enablement. Learn key strategies to enhance your development process and reduce bugs.
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Creating a custom Activity for Team Foundation Build

Learn to create custom activities for Team Foundation Build with this step-by-step guide. Simplify your workflows and enhance your build processes today!
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Modelling Teams in Team Foundation Server 2013

Master Team Foundation Server 2013 with expert insights on modeling teams, managing projects, and optimizing source control for enhanced collaboration.
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Issue [ TFS 2013 ] InRelease account requires make requests on behalf of others

Resolve the TFS 2013 InRelease error requiring ‘make requests on behalf of others’ with our step-by-step guide to configure permissions effectively.
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Upgrading your process template from MSF for Agile 4 to Visual Studio Scrum 2.x

Learn how to safely upgrade your process template from MSF for Agile 4 to Visual Studio Scrum 2.x with simple scripts and expert tips. Upgrade confidently!
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New un-versioned repository in TFS 2012

Discover the benefits of the new un-versioned repository in TFS 2012, streamlining build drop management and enhancing your development workflow.
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Working within a single Team Project with Team Foundation Server 2012

Explore best practices for managing a single Team Project in TFS 2012, enhancing collaboration and efficiency across teams while minimizing administrative overhead.
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Batched domain migration with TFS while maintaining Identity

Learn how to execute a batched domain migration with TFS while preserving user identities. Avoid pitfalls and ensure a smooth transition for your team.
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Improvements in Visual Studio ALM from the ALM Summit

Discover the latest enhancements in Visual Studio ALM from the ALM Summit, including Git support, web-based test management, and Kanban improvements.
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Teams without areas using a team field in TFS

Discover how to configure Teams without areas in TFS for enhanced project management. Learn the steps to optimize your workflow and boost team efficiency!
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TFS 2012 Update 1 - TF255430: the database was partially upgraded during a failed upgrade

Resolve TFS 2012 Update 1 upgrade issues with expert insights on error TF255430. Learn how to restore your database and ensure a smooth upgrade process.
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Continuous value delivery with modern business applications

Discover how modern business applications enable continuous value delivery, transforming software development practices for happier consumers and faster updates.
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Virtual Labs in the modern application lifecycle

Explore how virtual labs enhance the modern application lifecycle, enabling agile development and efficient testing in complex environments. Rise to the challenge!
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Upgrade to Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Service - Done

Discover the benefits of upgrading to Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Service. Learn how cloud solutions simplify management and enhance your development experience!
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Visual Studio 2010 Overview - Reporting & Process

Explore Visual Studio 2010’s reporting and process templates to enhance team collaboration and continuous improvement. Unlock your development potential today!
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Visual Studio 2010 Overview - Code Management and Build

Explore Visual Studio 2010’s code management and build features. Learn effective branching strategies and enhance your team’s software delivery process.
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Not just happy, but ecstatic

Discover how a consultant transformed a challenging deployment process into a streamlined success with TFS 2010, enhancing efficiency and collaboration.
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Upgrading your Process Template in Team Foundation Server

Master the art of upgrading your Team Foundation Server process templates with expert tips and strategies to retain data and enhance your workflow.
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Test Track Pro and the case of the missing data

Explore the challenges of creating a Test Track Pro Adapter for TFS Integration. Discover solutions to data retrieval issues and optimize your workflow!
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Anatomy of an Automation for the Tfs Automation Platform

Explore the anatomy of automations for the TFS Automation Platform. Learn how to integrate and deploy extensions effectively for enhanced productivity.
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How might we implement the Change Iteration Automation for the Tfs Automation Platform

Explore the implementation of Change Iteration Automation for the TFS Automation Platform, enhancing efficiency in managing queries across sprints.
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What is the Tfs Automation Platform

Discover the TFS Automation Platform, designed to streamline iteration management and enhance automation in TFS. Unlock efficiency in your development process!
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Project of Projects with team Foundation Server 2010

Discover best practices for using Team Foundation Server 2010 effectively. Learn to structure projects intuitively for enhanced collaboration and efficiency.
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Changing the Team Project Collection of the Team Build Controller

Learn how to change the Team Project Collection of the Team Build Controller in TFS 2010 for seamless builds and efficient project management. Get started now!
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Guidance - Branching for each Sprint

Master your branching strategy for Scrum sprints! Discover how effective branching can streamline development and enhance collaboration in your projects.
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Do you know the minimum builds to create on any branch?

Discover the essential builds for any branch in your project. Learn how to set up Gate, CI, and Nightly builds to ensure code quality and collaboration.
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When should I use Areas in TFS instead of Team Projects in Team Foundation Server 2010

Discover when to use Areas in TFS over Team Projects for better project management in Team Foundation Server 2010. Streamline your workflow today!
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Branch madness!

Explore the chaos of branching in TFS and learn how to regain control of your source code. Discover essential steps to streamline your development process!
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TFS Sticky Buddy Codeplex project

Explore the TFS Sticky Buddy project, a digital whiteboard solution for Team Foundation Server that enhances project visibility and team collaboration.
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AD Update-O-Matic

Discover how to automate Active Directory updates with a custom VB 9.0 application, enhancing organization for MOSS 2007 users. Dive into the details!
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Deployment documentation

Explore effective deployment strategies for complex applications across multiple environments. Learn how to gain control and streamline updates with ease.
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The future of software development

Explore the future of software development with insights on software factories and web services to enhance efficiency and client satisfaction. Read more!
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Solution to sub sites in Sharepoint 3.0 with Team Foundation Server

Discover a practical solution for creating sub sites in SharePoint 3.0 with Team Foundation Server. Streamline your project management today!
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Workflow

Join the discussion on enhancing Team Foundation Server with Workflow support. Explore innovative ideas for dynamic workflow editing and implementation!
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