Software Development: Accelerating Delivery Through Agile and DevOps Practices

Explains the key accountabilities, skills, and behaviours required for a Scrum Product Owner, including hiring trends, role requirements, and …

Explains how the Sprint Goal serves as an immediate tactical objective in Scrum, guiding teams toward strategic Product Goals and maximising value …

Explores why Scrum shifted from "commitment" to "forecasting" work delivery, highlighting the risks of overpromising and the benefits of transparency …

Explores common pitfalls in early Scrum adoption, highlighting why full team involvement in sprint planning is crucial and lessons learned from a …

Explores how probabilistic forecasting improves software project planning by replacing traditional estimation with data-driven confidence levels for …

Explores how breaking features into small experiments boosts software delivery, enabling teams to deliver more features, reduce risk, and improve …

Explores the limits of Agile certifications, emphasising real-world experience, continuous learning, and team validation over credentials for true …

Real-world experience with teams is essential for Agile coaches, providing credibility, empathy, and practical insight needed to effectively guide and …

Examines whether the belief that Scrum can't scale is practical or defeatist, highlighting Nexus as a proven approach for scaling Scrum to deliver …

Learn essential Scrum Product Backlog management skills, including stakeholder engagement and data-driven decision-making, to boost team effectiveness …

Explains how Scrum teams create effective sprint goals by aligning product strategy, tactical needs, and backlog priorities to deliver stakeholder …

Explains why a product owner is essential for shaping, prioritising, and maintaining a focused, lean product backlog that drives effective Agile …

Explains how the Sprint Goal guides Scrum teams by providing a clear, shared objective for each Sprint, ensuring focus, transparency, and alignment …

Summarises key changes in the 2020 Scrum Guide, including simplified language, self-managing teams, and new commitments for goals, backlog, and …

Covers new features and upgrade steps for Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2, including improvements in backlog, test, release, and version …

Learn how to create and integrate custom activities in Team Foundation Build, including class library setup, workflow design, argument handling, and …

Step-by-step guide to consolidating multiple Team Projects and Collections in TFS 2012 using the TFS Integration Platform, covering migration, …

Learn the basics of Scrum, including its key roles and processes, with practical tips for adoption. Ideal for those new to agile or seeking to improve …

Explains how to set up and configure a PowerShell adapter in the TFS Integration Platform to automate source control migrations, with custom scripts …

A platform for automating Team Foundation Server tasks, enabling scheduled, event-driven, and on-demand workflows, with extensible package and Visual …

Explains the benefits of a Sprint Contract in Scrum, clarifying roles and agreements between Product Owner and Team to improve collaboration and …

Highlights the importance of clear communication and documenting disagreements in Scrum to prevent misunderstandings and failed sprints, especially …

Explains the MVVM pattern in WPF and Silverlight, highlighting separation of concerns, code structure, and the roles of commanding, dependency …

Explains how to enhance a .NET command line parser to support multiple and nested commands, custom switches, and delegate-based execution for flexible …

Explains how to implement flexible drag and drop in WPF using MVVM, with customisable drop behaviour and bindable options for ItemsControls, including …

Comprehensive reference outlining Kanban principles, practices, and metrics for optimising workflow, value delivery, and continuous improvement in …

Explains why Agile is not about speed but about prioritising valuable work, adapting to feedback, and avoiding wasted effort to deliver products that …

Learn how to avoid common Kanban mistakes by focusing on actionable metrics like WIP, cycle time, and throughput instead of vanity metrics for better …

Explains why story points and velocity can mislead Agile teams, and recommends focusing on throughput, cycle time, and customer value for effective …

Explains the sprint goal in Scrum as a clear, tactical objective for each sprint, guiding team focus, enabling actionable feedback, and linking daily …

Explains the sprint goal in Scrum as a clear, tactical objective for each sprint, guiding team focus, enabling actionable feedback, and linking daily …

Compares agile product development and waterfall project management, highlighting differences in decision-making, delivery, customer collaboration, …

Step-by-step guide to installing and configuring TFS 2015, including system requirements, installation options, and setup of SQL Server and build …

Provides a step-by-step PowerShell script for migrating and updating TFS process templates, including customisations, work item types, categories, and …

Explains how a missing required Team Field in customised TFS 2013 work item templates causes "Value cannot be null" errors, and how to resolve it by …

Learn how to use PowerShell to connect to TFS 2013, import required assemblies, and access core TFS services like Work Item Store, Version Control, …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading from TFS 2013 Preview to TFS 2013 RC, covering prerequisites, trial upgrades, installation, configuration, and best …

Guidance on structuring teams, areas, iterations, source control, and security in Team Foundation Server 2013 to support project management and …

Explains how to resolve TF400324 errors when connecting InRelease 3 to TFS 2013, including correct URL usage and a supported PowerShell fix for …

Learn how to customise Team Foundation Server 2013 to add a multi-level Portfolio Backlog hierarchy by editing work item types, categories, and …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading to Team Foundation Server 2013, including backup, installation, configuration, validation, and estimated upgrade times …

Step-by-step guide to safely upgrade from MSF for Agile 4 to Visual Studio Scrum 2.x process templates in TFS, including handling customisations and …

Explains how to resolve Team Foundation Server 2012 upgrade failures caused by partial database upgrades, SQL connectivity issues, and Analysis …

Explains why nesting tasks in TFS 2012 Agile Planning Tools causes parent tasks to disappear, and recommends using nested Product Backlog Items …

Explains how Team Foundation Server supports requirement management in modern app development, including traceability, integration, and partner tools …

Explains the TF14009 error in TFS when merging a source into a subfolder of itself, its causes during migration, and practical workarounds to resolve …

Step-by-step guide to installing and configuring TFS 2012 with Lab Management, including SQL Server, SCVMM integration, troubleshooting, and …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading TFS process templates by renaming and importing work item types, preserving data, updating fields, categories, …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading a process template in TFS by deleting all existing work items, archiving queries and reports, and importing new …

Explains methods for upgrading process templates in Team Foundation Server, comparing pros and cons of each approach, and highlighting risks, data …

Explains how to use the TFS 2010 API to set the starting Work Item ID by programmatically creating and deleting items, avoiding ID conflicts with …

Explains how to create and deploy server-side event subscribers in Team Foundation Server 2010 using the ISubscriber interface to handle and process …

Explains why Active Directory groups may not sync with Team Foundation Server 2010, how to diagnose sync issues, and steps to resolve identity …

Explains how to reconfigure a Team Build Controller in TFS 2010 to connect to a different Team Project Collection using the Administration Console and …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading Team Foundation Server 2008 to 2010, covering database backup, migration, verification, compatibility, and …

Step-by-step guide to upgrading from TFS 2010 RC to RTM, including backup, uninstall, install, configuration, SharePoint and build server updates, and …

Learn how to implement Scrum practices using Team Foundation Server 2010 and Visual Studio ALM, including project planning, backlog management, and …

Explains how to set up SEO-friendly permanent redirects for old URLs to new ones in ASP.NET, covering best practices and code examples for preserving …

Explains how to use a custom NinjectDataProvider in WPF to enable dependency injection for ViewModels, improving flexibility and design-time support …

Learn how to build a flexible data access layer in .NET using Unity for dependency injection, interface mapping, and factory patterns with …