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What’s new for ALM in Visual Studio 2013 and Team Foundation Server 2013 – Adam Cogan
Book Adam Now The latest versions of Visual Studio and TFS bring some great new features for developers, Product Owners, testers, and even the crusty old stakeholders. More than ever, TFS integrates the whole ALM story to help you deliver your project on time and on budget. In this session, we’ll quickly recap the best…
Read MoreSoftware Development Contracts and Contract Disputes – Tips and Tricks with Cameron Shaw
At the beginning of a contract everything often goes swimmingly. The client loves you and you get paid on time, every time. Then, after a few issues or delays, the contract can go a little bit off the rails. There’s issues to do with deliverables, the client is a bit late in paying bills, and…
Read MoreC++ and Visual Studio – Why C++ isn’t dead | Adam Cogan and Artur Laksberg
Book Adam Now Adam Cogan sits down with Artur Laksburg of Microsoft to discuss Visual C++ and Visual Studio 11 They discuss: C# Why C++ Again? Vectorization Auto Vectorization & Auto Parallelization Runtime Parallelism and Concurrency Parallel Bubble Sort Project Building C++ AMP CPU vs GPU
Read MoreLegend Scott Hanselman on what made him successful
var socialJQuery = jQuery.noConflict(true);new SocialBar(“1359511860439_social_6240”, {buttons:[“embed”,”twitter”,”facebook”], badgeUrl:”https://wistia.com”, embedCode:”%3Ciframe%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22360%22%20src%3D%22http%3A//www.youtube.com/embed/nN-qQiICaBA%3Frel%3D0%22%20frameborder%3D%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E”}) In this interview with industry legend Scott Hanselman, Adam Cogan asks some questions to find out what exactly made him so successful in helping the wider community. Scott works for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, but he is mainly well recognised and revered by…
Read MoreInterview with the Godfather of Scrum, Ken Schwaber
Adam Cogan was lucky enough to sit down with the Godfather of Scrum and pick his brain on the past, present and future of the highly popular ‘Scrum Agile Methodology’ Take the Quiz! [WATUPRO 37] Show Notes RUP has been sequestered into IBM’s AUP (Agile Unified Process) SAFe – Scaled Agile Framework is from Dean…
Read MoreWhat is a ‘Product Owner’? – Scrum Guide
We’ve converted the ‘Product Owner’ definition from the 2013 Scrum Guide into cartoon form to illustrate the role of a Product Owner in a Scrum team. (from the 2013 Scrum Guide) The Product Owner The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. How this…
Read MoreBrian Keller at Build – Best features of Visual Studio 2012, ALM, TFS and thoughts on his famous VM
Adam Cogan interviews Brian Keller, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, at the Build conference. In this interview, Adam and Brian discuss what he is happy with in TFS ALM and what he would improve. They also cover the oft-asked question of document control in TFS2012 and Brian’s famous VM – used by many developers around the…
Read MoreGreat Intranets of the Modern Age with James Robertson
Intranets have been around for a long time now, but SharePoint has brought new functionality and capability into organisations that promises to transform these sites. But what direction should we be heading, and what makes a truly great intranet? This presentation, by the world’s leading intranet expert, will provide a practical and inspirational view of…
Read MoreHow to Get the Most Out of SharePoint 2013 – ShareThePoint Conference (Playlist)
We went to the 2013 ShareThePoint Conference to find out what the expert’s opinions, tips and tricks are on the latest SharePoint platform.
Read More‘Looking Behind the Curtain of jQuery’ – DDD Brisbane: Jared Wyles
Jared Wyles takes a deep dive into the jQuery innards with you as his guests! Find out just how jQuery gets it’s “sizzle”! How that amazing plugin system actually works. The dark mysteries of the event system that we all love to use. After this tour you will know more about the DOM than you…
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