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• Scrum for Team System: Beta 3 "Done"

  Today marks the end of Sprint 6 of development for " Scrum for Team System ". This release is targeted against Team Foundation Server Release Candidate - it will not work on any previous version of Team Foundation Server. We've spent a lot of time improving Read More... Posted 06 March 2006 20:38 by howard.vanrooijen | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System, Tools, Scrum for Team System

• Scrum Plug-in: Sprint 3 "Done"

  Today marks the end of the 3rd Sprint of development on the Scrum Plug-In for Visual Studio Team System. We're working towards getting a new release (Beta 2) out sometime on Monday. We've spent a lot of the past month improving the installer (see Stuart's Read More... Posted 09 December 2005 21:35 by howard.vanrooijen | 2 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System, Scrum for Team System

• Scrum Plug-in: Walkthrough Guides

  I created a series of screen capture walkthrough guides to show people on the Beta Program how to use the Scrum Plug-in for Team System. I will be making more available on the "General Discussion" area of the forum as soon as I have time. But I thought Read More... Posted 18 November 2005 16:16 by howard.vanrooijen | 2 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System

• Conchango Scrum plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System: Beta 1 Released

  After a very busy couple of weeks we've got to a point where we're happy to release the first Beta of the Scrum Plug-in for Team System. This release is targetted at users running the RTM version of Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and a single server Read More... Posted 16 November 2005 17:14 by howard.vanrooijen | 16 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System

• Agile Software Development with Scrum for Team System: Beta Program

  As Colin has mentioned in his latest post , as soon as we've stabilized on Team System Beta 3 Refresh we'll start our beta program. If you would like to be part of it please email us at betascrum@conchango.com - and tell us a little bit about yourself Read More... Posted 03 November 2005 11:07 by howard.vanrooijen | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System

• Agile Software Development with Scrum Podcast Series - Scrum FAQ Part 2

  A few weeks ago I managed to steal a couple of hours of Ken Schwabers' time and recorded a series of 10 minute podcasts where Ken answers some of the more frequently asked questions about the Scrum Process. The FAQ will ship, in written form, with the Read More... Posted 31 October 2005 10:09 by howard.vanrooijen | 2 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System, Podcast

• Agile Software Development with Scrum for Team System: Work Item Types

  In Team System the Work Item Type (WIT) is the currency of application – you use them to define your tasks, requirements, bugs etc… This data is stored in the Team Foundation Server data warehouse and can be queried either by using the Work Item Query Read More... Posted 27 October 2005 10:15 by howard.vanrooijen | 23 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System

• Agile Software Development with Scrum for Team System: Overview

  As we near the launch date for Visual Studio 2005 (and the Team System Beta 3 refresh) I thought it was about time I gave a progress update on the work Colin Bird , Stuart Preston , Susie Kablean and I have been doing on the “ Agile Software Development Read More... Posted 25 October 2005 14:23 by howard.vanrooijen | 4 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System

• Agile Software Development with Scrum Podcast Series - Scrum FAQ Part 1

  A few weeks ago I spent an afternoon trawling the Scrum Development Yahoo-Group and Google trying to collate a list of questions for the Scrum FAQ that will ship with the “ Agile Software Development with Scrum ” Visual Studio Team System plug-in that Read More... Posted 25 October 2005 13:55 by howard.vanrooijen | 3 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Team System, Podcast

• Microsoft Architect Forum: The Value of Agile Methods - Slide Deck

  Here is the slide deck I presented at the Microsoft Architect Forum yesterday. I've included the notes I wrote for those who want links to books and tools I mentioned. Keep an eye on Colin's blog for the first half and his responses to the questions raised Read More... Posted 07 December 2004 13:02 by howard.vanrooijen | 21 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, .NET, Engineering Practices, Team System

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  I've finally made it round to writing my first Conchango blog - readers of my other blog shouldn't worry - I will still be posting to it - but I'm going to be taking a more EenieMeanieMineyMo approach. For those who don't know I'm a Senior Technology Read More... Posted 09 November 2004 10:31 by howard.vanrooijen | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, .NET, TDD, Engineering Practices, Team System, Tools