A Continuation of My Ruminations on the Human Factor of ALM
Part 1: In the beginningIn my “And Now For Something Completely Different” series, I wax philosophical, almost literally, on human behavior. Now I’m hearing that Bjork song in my head. Anyone else? No?...
View ArticleALM Ruminations Part 2: TPS Reports and Writing Myself a New Pair of Fluevogs
Yes, Fluevogs. What? I don’t need a minivan! My husband will find it amusing that I managed to get a plug in there for my favorite boots from the Fluevog fall lineup. It’s OK, I’ll stop talking about...
View ArticleSeptember 25th, 2013 Edition of the Chicago Visual Studio ALM User Group:...
Well, with all the excitement of ThatConference, I skipped having an August meeting but we’re back! With the upcoming release of Visual Studio ALM 2013 tools, it seemed necessary to spend some time...
View ArticleOctober 30th, 2013 Edition of the Chicago Visual Studio ALM User Group: More...
If you attended the September meeting, this is not *quite* a redux. I’ll be talking about a variety of ALM features, some that I covered at the Downers Grove meeting last month. BUT this time around...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2013 Launch Event Coming to Chicago
So in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Microsoft released a new version of its Visual Studio ALM Tools including Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Test Manager, and Visual...
View ArticleBuilding Software, One Room at a Time
Comparing software development to “building a house” is one of those analogies that sets my teeth on edge. It oversimplifies everything that goes into designing and building a good product, and it also...
View ArticleTrying Something new with the ALM User Group in December
So it’s time again for the annual Christmas Edition of the ALM user group. Normally we do the normal “dinner and a movie” approach, maybe having a special guest speaker or some kind of presentation...
View ArticleFree Training When You’re Snowed In, What’s Not To Love
So it’s been snowing in Chicago, a LOT. I am in Oak Park, specifically, and holy moly did we ever get dumped on. Here, in case you think I’m being a big baby, this was my back deck at 7am this morning...
View ArticleThe Many Templates of TFS
If you are a TFS user, especially if you are a TFS administrator, then you know that with every release of Team Foundation Server that there is a rev of the process templates. And if you work on a TFS...
View ArticleSomething a little Different for the Chicago ALM User Group in October
So you may have noticed that the Chicago ALM User Group has been a little quiet this summer. Summer is always a tad slow and everyone would rather be out enjoying some time with the family, or maybe by...
View ArticleIt’s almost Fall, and that means more Conferences
So conference season is kicking in full force again, and I already have quite a few on my radar, though sadly I doubt I can attend them all. Here are a few worth taking note of, and some are coming up...
View ArticleJoin Polaris for a TFS Release Management Webinar in February
So in case you have not heard, the licensing for Release management just got CRAZY inexpensive, if you have MSDN anyway. More about licensing can be found on MSDN.Wondering what Release Management is?...
View ArticlePolaris Solutions Holding an ALM Lunch and Learn on Agile Testing Success in...
Our St Louis office is holding a Lunch n Learn at the local Microsoft office in March. Agile testing is a challenge for most software teams, especially larger organizations with well-established QA...
View ArticleALM User Groups Welcome Gary Pedretti Back as a Presenter Next Month
On April 8th, we’ll be welcoming Gary Pedretti back to the ALM user group! Trust me on this, Gary’s presentations are NEVER to be missed. I hope you can make this one. RSVP Now to Attend Session...
View ArticleIt’s THAT Time Again! ThatConference Call for Speakers is Open for Just 2 Weeks
I can’t believe it is going to be our 4th year. Seriously. Craziness. I still remember that fateful day almost 6 years ago. I was driving out to Detroit for a conference and I get a call from my buddy...
View ArticleDavid Hussman on How to Build the Wrong Thing Faster and Learn From It at the...
Lately the conversations I am seeing happen around agile are more about what agile is really about, as opposed to specifically how to “do it right”. Getting a break from drum beating around which...
View ArticleJoin Me at LCNUG in July–How TFS 2015 is Gonna Rock Your Agile World
This is the summer of Visual Studio 2015 (which releases on July 20th BTW) and I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the number of great features they have managed to get out the door around managing and...
View ArticleWill I see you at St Louis Days of .NET this year?
St Louis Days of.NET is definitely a favorite of mine. This will be my third year both attending and speaking at the conference, Polaris Solutions is also sponsoring the conference again! Everyone...
View ArticleLast Chance to Register for the CQAA Agile Testing Practices Program on Jan...
I don’t run across many non-QA folks that are members of CQAA– the Chicago Quality Assurance Association, which is a shame. If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably part of a software development...
View ArticleImprove your Retrospectives with Agile Kaizen!– Feb 17th at the Chicago ALM...
Continuous self-improvement on agile teams is traditionally done through agile retrospectives, a form of post-mortem held at the completion of an iteration. More often than not, retrospectives begin to...
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