We recently had some delays getting some Azure accounts coordinated for a client and chose to use a team subscription instead. After some work, the delays were resolved and we had the client managed subscription in place. The work done using the team subscription included uploading many gigabytes of sysprepped Virtual Machine images that would [...]
I’ve spent the last 3 years exploring the in’s and out’s of different Agile frameworks and methodologies. I’ve worked with large commercial firms, government contractors, and small ISVs to adopt one set of Agile practices or another. In the beginning things are generally amazing. There’s a new level of transparency, excitement and shared motivation. At [...]
One of my clients is evaluating a number of Service Bus tools. One of those includes the Azure Service Bus which is now available for on-premise deployment. Service Bus 1.0 is available only through Web Platform Installer at this time and it’s not readily apparent how you might use WPI for a network isolated environment. [...]
Feedback was recently posed on the Scrum.org community forums regarding the Webster-ish definition provided for Scrum by Ken and Jeff. If you don’t recall from the Scrum Guide, the Scrum Overview definition reads: Scrum (n): A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Mario Čop, in [...]
Leading up to an open enrollment Professional Scrum Foundations on October 10th, I gave a 1 hour lunch webinar on the fundamentals of Agile and Scrum. I’ve just published this out on Youtube for anyone to watch. Let me know what you think. tl;dr There is a lot of misinformation out there that [...]