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Explores how understanding and optimising organisational systems can drive engineering excellence, improve value delivery, and foster a culture of …

Explains why Scrum teams benefit more from Agile consultants than professional coaches, focusing on the need for technical guidance, mentoring, and …

Learn essential strategies for transitioning from monolithic systems to microservices, including planning, team alignment, managing complexity, and …

Explores the contrast between unprofessional "kalabule" practices and true professionalism in Agile software development, emphasising core values and …

Outlines the structure and components of a framework for the TFS Automation Platform, detailing its architecture, plugin management, and development …

A London flood shut down most datacentres, but Rackspace stayed online by regularly live-testing failures, proving true resilience comes from …

Explains why Agile methods are often more challenging than traditional ones, highlighting common misconceptions, required discipline, and the need for …

Explores how integrating Scrum with DevOps boosts software delivery by improving collaboration, automation, speed, and product quality in modern …

Explores the key differences between average and great Agile developers, highlighting engagement, continuous learning, practice, and self-directed …

Role overview for an ALM Consultant at Northwest Cadence, focusing on software lifecycle management, training, consulting, and technical leadership …

Most disaster recovery plans fail in practice due to overlooked dependencies and lack of real-world testing, leaving organisations vulnerable when …

Provides ALM consulting, training, and assessments across Scotland, UK, and Europe, specialising in lean-agile, TFS, Visual Studio, Scrum, and process …

Team Foundation Server 2013 is stable for production use, addressing past update issues with improved agility, technical debt management, and enhanced …

Covers presenting Visual Studio ALM features and the process of upgrading from TFS 2010 to TFS 2012, including benefits, challenges, and key …

Heathrow’s outage was caused by an over-sensitive disaster recovery system, not a power loss, highlighting the risks of untested resilience and flawed …

Overview of a session at NDC London demonstrating new features in Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Online, with end-to-end ALM demos for .NET …

Explains why treating bugs as tasks in Azure DevOps is an anti-pattern, its impact on transparency, quality, and planning, and offers guidance for …

Struggling with vendor lock-in? Discover practical steps to break free from legacy contracts and regain control of your business’s systems of work.

Explains how to use a single Team Project and Team Field in TFS to streamline cross-team work item tracking, reporting, and collaboration across …

Explore practical strategies for overcoming legacy system challenges, addressing technical debt, compliance, integration, and guiding effective …

Struggling with legacy systems? Discover how to modernise securely, reduce risk, and build resilience—without trading old problems for new ones.

Learn how to modernise legacy systems by balancing stability and innovation, managing technical debt, and adopting gradual, sustainable improvements …

Explore how to future-proof your career with Agile and Scrum, plus details on a giveaway for Professional Scrum training to help you advance your …

Summary of 2017 conferences, talks, and training on Agile, DevOps, Scrum, and team leadership, with insights from global workshops and upcoming course …

Learn how to automate legacy systems by shifting organisational mindset, adopting DevOps practices, and making incremental improvements to boost …

Naked Agility selects associate Scrum Trainers based on real-world agile experience, co-training, and proven ability to teach, coach, and solve …

Explores how rapid technological change, consumer expectations, and agile practices are reshaping software development, IT roles, and business …

Learn best practices for organising solution and project files in version control, including folder structure, naming conventions, and branching for …

Explains why stack ranking hierarchical work items is challenging in agile software development, highlighting issues with ordering, parent-child …

Guidance on adopting Visual Studio 2010 test tools, including Microsoft Test Manager, hands-on labs, and agile training to improve collaboration and …

Explores how software factories, web services, and specialised development teams can speed up software delivery, improve adaptability, and meet …

Mixing Agile with traditional methods often leads to slow, inefficient processes that lack true adaptability, making it harder for organisations to …

Explores the importance of understanding purpose in Application Lifecycle Management, focusing on transparency, customer value, and continuous …

Explores using AI embeddings and cosine similarity to improve related content recommendations in Hugo, enhancing semantic relevance, user navigation, …

Details a move from the USA back to Scotland for family and education reasons, continuing ALM consulting, and plans to offer agile coaching and …

Explores the limits of self-taught learning in tech, highlighting how external expertise and diverse perspectives drive better solutions, growth, and …

Guidance for product owners on handling underperforming teams, distinguishing incompetence from knowledge gaps, and knowing when to support, train, or …

Explains how DevOps and Agile work together, highlighting their complementary roles in engineering, process, and people to improve software delivery …

Highlights how Microsoft’s Azure DevOps team used Scrum to transform their workflow, cut build times from 20 hours to 3.5 minutes, and deliver greater …

Explains how to organise teams, products, and projects within a single Team Project in Team Foundation Server 2012, covering design, security, and …

Explains how to manage multiple teams and projects in Team Foundation Server using a single Team Project, with tips on Agile planning, backlogs, and …

Discusses the challenges, costs, and benefits of implementing Team Foundation Server (TFS) for large development teams in a corporate investment …

The FBI’s 1995 criminal records system was outdated at launch, showing how slow, waterfall methods can leave technology obsolete and users behind. …

Learn how to prevent bad code, distinguish technical debt from incompetence, and apply practical strategies like code reviews, testing, and …

Learn how to choose an Agile coach who builds trust with teams and leadership, combining technical expertise, communication skills, and empathy for …

Explores how Scrum Masters can identify, manage, and prevent destructive team conflict in Agile projects, promoting healthy collaboration and …

Step-by-step guide to creating a Build vNext build definition in Visual Studio Online, covering task setup, options, triggers, variables, and build …

Learn how to set up a Build vNext Agent for Visual Studio Online or TFS 2015, including prerequisites, VM setup, agent configuration, and pool …

Explains the benefits of Visual Studio ALM over alternatives like Git and Jenkins, detailing its comprehensive features for managing the entire …

Step-by-step guide to setting up a standard Azure environment for Release Management, including VMs, storage, networking, and Application Insights for …

Step-by-step guide to migrating source code from Perforce to Git on VSO, covering repository setup, dependency management, build processes, and key …

Learn how to automate test execution during deployments using Release Management for Visual Studio 2013, including setup steps, environment tips, and …

Explains how to resolve the "CleanWorkspacePackageTempDir does not exist" build error in Team Foundation Build 2012 for upgraded ASP.NET MVC projects …

Explains why preserving complete historical data and accurate dates is often incompatible with data migration, especially for compliance and …

Explains branching, merging, and build strategies in Visual Studio 2010, including integration with Team Foundation Server and new tools for code …

Explains how IntelliTrace aids bug diagnosis and how Test Impact Analysis helps prioritise regression tests in Visual Studio 2010 for efficient …

Guidance on using Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects, covering project management, source control, deployment automation, integration, and database …

Explains how Visual Studio 2010 and Team Foundation Server support compliance by enabling traceability, audit trails, and linking code changes to …

Tagging build servers in TFS helps manage dependencies, assign builds to suitable agents, and streamline workflows across teams and regions for …

Explains how to log Elmah error reports as work items in Team Foundation Server, including attaching error logs, using templates, and retrieving error …