January 2006 - Posts

Enterprise Library 2.0 Released!

Enterprise Library 2.0 has been released on MSDN! Check out Tom Hollander's announcement for additional information, including the Enterprise Library roadmap for the future.
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MSF Was Agile in 1993?

According to Andrew Delin, agile-thinking isn't that new because MSF told us not to create big design documents up front. This is an interesting bit of history indeed. It is always good to remind ourselves that ideas are never all that new. On the other hand, if any of you have worked with MSF (or even MSF Agile) you'll know that these methodologies are not Agile, even if there is a common idea or two. There's a reason why entire departments within Microsoft are turning to the likes of SCRUM and XP after working with MSF for so many years, and it's not because they have a lot in common with MSF.
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