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Greater Lansing User Group .NET Presentation

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Last Thursday evening, I gave my presentation on Taming the Software Development Process: Tools, Tips, and Techniques to the Greater Lansing User Group .NET (GLUGnet). It was well-attended, and I'm guessing that there were around 50-60 people there. From what I could tell, there was a mix of students from Michigan State University (where the meeting was held), some hobbyists, and a good number of professionals. A quick, informal survey of the audience revealed that approximately 1/3 of them were lone developers, another 1/3 worked on small team sizes of 2-5, and the remainder worked on teams of more than 5.

Due to a scheduling mishap, both Tom Barnaby (of INETA and Intertech Training) and I were slated to speak. Tom was gracious enough to trim his presentation on Indigo to 45 minutes, and although I tried to trim my talk, I think I still came in at just over an hour. As many who know me will attest, I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut, especially when it comes to technology. The user group seemed to be very interested in both of our discussions, and I stuck around for a healthy Q&A session afterwards. I think I was there for almost an hour talking to the members and students before we finally had to leave.

It was a great evening, and I'd like to thank everyone involved for the opportunity to present. Although the slides aren't as useful out-of-context, you can download them here.

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  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2004
    Jonathan...the source of that statement is from one of our internal code review guides at Microsoft. Unfortunately, I don't have any detail as to the specific studies or projects that the numbers came from. However, I would recommend checking out Steve McConnell's "Code Complete: Second Edition"...he has lots of facts and figures around code quality.
  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2004
    Mike, you've got to be one of the most knowledgeable, well spoken people i've met. I realized from the Q&A at GV that just about no matter the topic, you can talk about it, and have something intelligent to say. It's very impressive!
  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2004
    Matt...thank you very much for the kind words. You realize, of course, that you're only encouraging my behavior, and I'll have an even harder time shutting up from now on. :)