Scrumdamentals

Get beyond the basics of Sprints, Retrospectives, and Story Points with an in-depth, open format discussion of the most important and most ignored practices of Scrum teams.

Missing Pieces: The Road from Agile Enthusiast to Agile Team Member

Will the real Scrum Master please stand up

Scrum Master is the most challenging role in the industry today. In this 60 minute session we will look at the skills traits and responsibilities of a team shepherd, how they enhance an organization and how you can begin the path to fill this difficult and essential team role.

Team Foundation Server 2010: Opening the Robe

Your craft is code.  Your tools are your most prized possessions.  Learn to make them work for you, not against you.  Having created automated and continuous build and deploy systems going on ten years, the presenter will provide a retrospective on the experiences of deploying, training and using Team Foundation Server (TFS) for the last 5 years.  An open discussion session, we’ll review those things TFS does well and those it does not.

Scrum with Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010

Team Foundation Server is built from the ground up to be customized to your organization’s development methodology.  With the release of the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process template we discuss enabling Scrum teams by getting out of their way.

Get Out of the Way: Effective Team Foundation Server Source Control

You’ve rid yourself of VSS and scoff at SVN, but how are you better off with TFS?  Come learn strategies and techniques for a smooth transition to the non-locking, branch and merge world of source control with Team Foundation Server 2010.