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"Regardless of software process management type (waterfall, scrum, iterative etc.), there are some main rules which should be considered about software process management."

"Consider the following method signatures: IEnumerable Process(List input); IList Process(IEnumerable input); Of the two, which is the better choice? Write down your answer."

"While Scrum's primary goal is organization and project management, Lean is more about optimizing processes in order to quickly produce quality products. It can be your first step toward adopting Agile principles, or it may be something that your team evolves to, when Scrum isn't enough. I invite you to read my team's story, and how we evolved from Scrum to a more Lean-ish development process."

"Instead of waiting until the end of a project to ask 'what worked and what didn't, why not use regular retrospective analysis as part of the development process  to find out what is, and isn't, working, and learn from the conclusions there and then?"

"When a new IT solution is needed in an enterprise, maybe because the business is changing or maybe because an existing manual process should be automated, the people who are in charge of implementing the solution usually quickly get to the question: should we build the solution or should we buy a package?"

"The greatest advantage that JetBrains ReSharper provides is that it makes the improving process much cheaper. How it is done? By simplifying both of the improvement steps: Understanding the code - ReSharper provides very quick and simple navigation along with immediate usage information. Changing the code - ReSharper provides extensive refactoring options. Most of the known refactoring techniques are built-in."

In general, developers do not like to give presentations. In fact, they dread it. This is unfortunate because presentations can be a powerful asset. Most individuals cannot survive a long career without presenting on occasion. Others may have the courage but lack the proper guidance to present effectively. Whatever the circumstance, developing good presentation skills is easier than learning a new technology. The process rarely changes. Learn it once and reap the benefits. 

NuGet is a package management system for .NET. The goal of NuGet is to make the process of incorporating third party libraries into your solutions as simple as possible.

"But even in today's SW industry, there does not seem to be much of an expectation from SW professionals that we should have the 'capability/tools to build our own tools' that do much of the project work for us. I am not talking about the simple automation, things like rename/refactor or autocorrect, or intellisense and all that, I am talking about the kind of automation and tooling that writes or deploys software for us and saves hours, days and weeks of our time from handcrafting software solutions from scratch again."

"After a good discussion with a colleague for the merits of code review I thought I should give some of the reasons I use as to why a development team should adopt a code review process."

"This is the cone of uncertainty, a measure of the accuracy of our estimation of effort as we get closer to finishing work. Very close to finishing, we have a very good idea of how much is left. As we move away from the time to completion, the variance of our estimates increases drastically."

"[..] I'm going to assert that something similar exists with regard to motivation, and examine six timeframes: minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years."

"Agile software development with a focus on effective Scrum and proven team practices."

"A look at how to implement estimation in an Agile environment"

"Overcoming the Estimation Obsession"

"Some people claim agile has "crossed the chasm." Certainly, many people are aware of agile. Many people understand that a cross-functional team works in increments, delivering features asking for feedback. That's at the team level. So when I say 'Agile is Not for Everyone' what do I mean? The problem is agile is not just for teams. "

Which is faster, QueryLightBulbFrobStatusEx() or __WGetBulbFrobberState2()? Hold it right there, buddy. Before answering that question I must give you my standard six-part rant about why I probably cannot sensibly answer questions that begin "which is faster".

TechEd Europe 2012: typically, we write down requirements somewhere and then use it as the starting point for development. In the talk we see how these two worlds can come closer together: a requirement can be a failing test that development has to fix.