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KPIs and Team Foundation Server
I joined Microsoft in 1998 as a software design engineer in test, otherwise known as a tester I worked in the Visual J++, Visual C++ and what eventually became the Visual C# team. In all of those...
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Updating the TFS Warehouse
I think that my next few posts will be about the Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse, so I wanted to do a post about how to update this warehouse on demand. The Team Foundation Server Data Warehouse...
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Hoping to improve my YouTube video resolutions
Hey guys, The videos I posted on YouTube are pretty fuzzy right now – I played with a bunch of different screen resolutions and video sizes without much luck over the weekend. I’ve got an email out to...
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KPIs and Metrics
Hey guys, Metrics and KPI’s can be a tricky thing to get adopted in a team. I think a general way of trying to get them accepted is to make sure they are used to help the team’s progress, not as a...
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KPI - Percentage Code Coverage
Hi, Hope everyone is doing well, I finally had a chance to post my first KPI-of-the-week. This KPI reports on the amount of code coverage that we get from our test runs for our entire source base....
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More on the Trend Calculation
One of the most useful aspects of the KPI is the ability to report a trend – that is, the value of a KPI compared to its value in the past. This is a really useful way to determine whether you are...
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Thoughts on David Lempher's brainstorm about Impact Analysis
Rob Caron pointed me to David Lempher’s recent blog post about possibly doing impact analysis with Team Foundation Server. It’s a funny coincidence, because Bogdan Crivat and I were brainstorming...
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Sharing files in Team Foundation Server
Hey guys, As you probably know, sharing is not a feature that is supported by Team Foundation Server. Buck Hodges’ and Brian Harry have both made some excellent posts about this. Sharing files has...
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What does a Team Foundation Server CAL look like?
Much has been made about when and where you need a Team Foundation Server CAL; but until now, I don’t think anyone has talked about what one looks like. In my 8 or so years at Microsoft, I’ve never...
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When to use Team Projects
Team Projects have turned out to a more confusing feature than was intended in Visual Studio Team System. We are in the process of building some guidance for when to create them, but in the meantime,...
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You meet the nicest people on a Honda...
When I moved to Seattle, one of the most enjoyable things I learned how to do was ride a motorcycle. I really enjoyed the open air, speed and thrill of riding. Both of the bikes that I’ve owned – a...
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Quick post - 2 really cool features about Work Items
I’ve just returned from Tech Ed Australia and New Zealand and I’ve got lots to blog about that. But before I do that, 2 features about Work Items caught my eye tonight that I really wanted to share....
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Building a Virtual Kanban System with Team Foundation Server - Part 1
Hey guys, David Anderson is someone that I’ve had the privilege of working with for the past couple of years. One of the things that I’ve found really interesting about his work is that he often takes...
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Building development scorecards
Hey guys, Earlier this year, I did some blog posts about how to create key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the software development data that Team Foundation Server collects. There are numerous...
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'Wall Time' as a way of determining correctness
Quite a few years back, I joined the Windows Server 2003 team as a developer. Windows Server 2003 is a massive organization – I was part of the UDDI team which resided under Directory Services. Our QA...
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A diversion - Windows Live Alerts
I’ve been poking around the Windows Live stuff for developers (http://dev.live.com) and someting caught my eye. With Live Messenger (formerly MSN Messenger), you can sign up for, as well as provide...
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Presentation/Demo Tips
Hey guys, When I first started at Microsoft 8 years ago, I was an awful presenter. I hardly made any eye contact and I spoke really, really, really fast. Over the years, I’ve had some training by...
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Exchange Server 2007 Web Service API for Developers!
Hey guys, Exchange is a Microsoft technology that I’ve used everyday for email, but never really delved into as a developer. I’ve been working on some Office 2007 stuff, so I figured I would give it a...
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Ugh, messed up my images...
Apologies, I seem to have hosed something on my hosting site. Other than today, all of the images from my posts seem to be gone; hopefully I’ll have things up and running again soon. Thanks, Eric
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Fixed my images and uploaded the Exchange sample code...
Not sure what happened, but it seems like BlogJet is struggling with my build of Vista. In any case, my images are fixed up and I posted the full sample code here. Thanks! Eric
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