J.D. Meier's Blog
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Human Shepherds and the Law of Relevancy
Note: This article is updated at The Law of Human Relevancy. Yesterday, Ed helped me word a "law"...
Author: JD Meier Date: 11/10/2007
How To Build Your Own Guide with Guidance Explorer
You can build your own guide using Guidance Explorer. Guidance Explorer is a front-end browser...
Author: JD Meier Date: 11/05/2007
Now on MSDN: patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications
You can now find our patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications on...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/27/2007
Performance Testing Videos Posted to CodePlex
Today we posted our Performance Testing Videos to CodePlex. They're a companion set for our patterns...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/27/2007
Now on MSDN: patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Guide
You can now find our patterns & practices Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/26/2007
TGIF (10/26/07)
I happened to glance at the MSFT stock. I took a snapshot because I thought it was make believe....
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/26/2007
How To Use Time Boxing for Getting Results
Note: This article is updated at How To Use Timeboxing for Getting Results. Time boxing is a way to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/21/2007
Actions, Insights and Notes
I find chunking my notes from lectures and training helps me turn insights into action. I chunk my...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/20/2007
How To: Create a “Hello World” WCF Service Using Visual Studio
Here's a quick step through of using WCF in Visual Studio 2005. In this case I used a local machine,...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/15/2007
Scenarios in Practice
Scenarios are a practical way to organize and focus your product design, development and release....
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/14/2007
Guidance Explorer: A Top Download on CodePlex
It was a nice surprise to see that our Guidance Explorer is among the top downloads on CodePlex.
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/14/2007
Growth Mind-set Over Fixed Mind-set
Do you have to be great at everything? If this stops you from doing things you want to try, then...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/14/2007
Links: patterns and practices links
I did a quick round-up of some key patterns & practices team links and figured I'd share: MSDN...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/12/2007
My Cockpit
A few readers asked me to show some screens of my approach in Outlook. (I haven't used images in my...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/06/2007
Collection Pools
How do you store your notes and reference information in a way that’s low overhead and easy to find?...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/04/2007
Vision Scope Template
Note: This article is updated at Vision Scope Template. How do you convince a team of venture...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/03/2007
It's the Fast That Eat the Slow
Using speed as a competitive advantage is less about finding ways to do things quicker. It's more...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/03/2007
Testing Your Organizational Clarity
How do you figure out what your organization is really about? It's one thing to know it...
Author: JD Meier Date: 10/02/2007
How Might That Be True?
Note: This article is updated at How Might That Be True? It's obvious in retrospect, but I found a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/21/2007
How To Use the Six Thinking Hats
Note: This article is updated at How To Use the Six Thinking Hats. How do you get past deadlocks in...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/19/2007
Mark Curphey Joins Microsoft
Well, it's official ... Software security is in for a ride! -- Mark Curphey joins Microsoft. Mark...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/18/2007
Scenario Frames for Team Foundation Server
Our Scenario Frames for Team Foundation Server are available on CodePlex. We have Scenario Frames...
Author: JD Meier Date: 09/10/2007
Performance Threats
Rico and I have long talked about performance threats. I finally created a view that shows how you...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/28/2007
Performance Frame - v2
The Performance Frame helps you organize and prioritize performance knowledge. Category Key...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/28/2007
Blog Improvements
I did a few things to try and improve browsing and findability: Added a "Best Of" list to my blog's...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/27/2007
Cutting Questions
Note: This article is updated at Cutting Questions. How do you cut to the chase? How do you clear...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/24/2007
Vision, Mission, Values
There's a lot to be said for well-crafted vision and mission statements. I've been researching and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/15/2007
Daily Syncs
On my teams we do a daily sync meeting. It's 10 minutes max. We go around the team with three...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/14/2007
Execution Checklists
Execution checklists are a simple, but effective technique for improving results. Rather than a to...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/08/2007
New Release: patterns & practices Team Development with Team Foundation Server Guide
Today we release the final version of our patterns & practices: Team Development with Visual...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/06/2007
One-Sliders
I showed a colleague of mine one of my tricks for building slide decks faster. It's a divide and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 08/02/2007
Update on Key Projects
While I've been quiet on my blog, we've been busy behind the scenes. Here's a rundown on key things:...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/31/2007
Security Frame
The Security Frame helps you organize and prioritize security knowledge. Category Key Considerations...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/16/2007
Performance Frame
The performance and scalability frame to help you organize and prioritize performance and...
Author: JD Meier Date: 07/07/2007
MSF Agile Frame (Workstreams and Key Activities)
When I review an approach, I find it helpful to distill it to a simple frame so I can get a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/30/2007
How To Share Lessons Learned
I'm a fan of sharing lessons learned along the way. One light-weight technique I do with a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/19/2007
Quick and Dirty Getting Things Done
If you're backlogged and you want to get out, here's a quick, low tech, brute force approach. On...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/11/2007
VSTS Guidance Projects Roundup
Here's a quick rundown of our patterns & practices VSTS related Guidance projects. It's a...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/10/2007
Get Lean, Eliminate Waste
If you want to tune your software engineering, take a look at Lean. Lean is a great discipline with...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/08/2007
Clearing Your Inbox
Today I helped a colleague clear their inbox. I've kept a zero mail inbox for a few years. I forgot...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/06/2007
How To Do Tasks More Efficiently
Here's my short-list of techniques I use for improving efficiency on a given task: Increase the...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/03/2007
Timebox Your Day
Grigori Melnik joined our team recently. He's new to Microsoft so I shared some tips for...
Author: JD Meier Date: 06/02/2007