Aaron Bjork
Working on TFS...
Sprint Mails
A few weeks ago at the 2013 ALM Summit I gave a presentation titled Un-Managing Agile Teams covering...
Date: 02/22/2013
Team Foundation Service Updates 8/27
Today we deployed another set of incremental updates to Team Foundation Service. Details are...
Date: 09/17/2012
Agile Tip #9 – Motivation 2.0
In last month’s column of Visual Studio Magazine we talked about Dan Pink’s book DRIVE: The...
Date: 11/07/2011
Agile Tip #8 – Planning and Learning
My column in this month’s issue of Visual Studio Magazine talks about the value gained by...
Date: 09/22/2011
An Agile Retrospective by Jeff Sutherland
Jeff Sutherland, one of the founders of Scrum, recently wrote an artilce on MSDN titled "Ten Year...
Date: 08/02/2011
VS 2010 and TFS 2010 How-To Videos
Esther Fan posted a nice set of how-to videos yesterday focusing on VS 2010 and TFS 2010. Check them...
Date: 06/16/2011
Agile Tip #7 – Learning From the Past
Retrospective meetings have been commonplace in software development teams for many years. Teams...
Date: 05/26/2011
Agile Tip #6 – An Effective Daily Stand-up Meeting
Yesterday, I published my first installment of a new monthly column I’ll be writing for Visual...
Date: 04/21/2011
Professional Scrum with TFS 2010 Released!
Today, Wrox released Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010! This is a new book I...
Date: 04/21/2011
Programmatically Reading Work Item Comments
I recently ran across a few posts from people looking for samples on how to programmatically read...
Date: 01/10/2011
Using the Iteration Backlog Workbook on a CMMI Project
The MSF Agile 5.0 process template that shipped with Team Foundation Server 2010 included an Excel...
Date: 01/05/2011
Marking Tasks and Bugs as “Done” During a Check-in
In recent weeks, a few different people have asked me how to modify the Scrum template such that a...
Date: 12/17/2010
SP1 Beta and Project Server Integration Beta
The Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2010 SP1 Beta was made available this...
Date: 12/07/2010
Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
While travelling in Berlin and Antwerp over the past couple of weeks I had a chance to talk about...
Date: 11/23/2010
TechEd Europe 2010 – Watch & Download
Below are links to the slides and recordings from my sessions at TechEd Europe. If you’re...
Date: 11/22/2010
TechEd Europe 2010 – Berlin!
I’m off to Berlin next month to attend and present at TechEd Europe 2010. I’m giving four...
Date: 10/21/2010
Urban Turtle 3.5
The team over at Pyxis has just announced another release (3.5) of Urban Turtle – their Agile...
Date: 10/21/2010
Visual Studio Magazine Article
I wrote an article for the October issue of Visual Studio Magazine on the new Microsoft Visual...
Date: 10/06/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 Videos
Richard Hundhausen has released two webcasts featuring the Microsoft Visual Studio 1.0 process...
Date: 09/09/2010
Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 – Updated Sprint Burndown Report
Last week we updated the new Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0 process template to include a fix for...
Date: 07/30/2010
Reporting Blog Posts and Articles
For those in the business of modifying reports included in the MSF Agile, MSF CMMI, or Microsoft...
Date: 07/23/2010
Announcing Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 1.0
Today we’re releasing the first official version of our latest process template –...
Date: 07/19/2010
How does MSF CMMI 4.2 compare to MSF CMMI 5.0?
I’ve had a few people ask me about the key differences between the CMMI template shipped in TFS 2008...
Date: 06/11/2010
Announcing Team Foundation Server Scrum v1.0 Beta
7/19/2010 Update - this post applies to the beta release of this template. For details on the RTW...
Date: 06/07/2010
Urban Turtle with MSF Agile 5.0 and Visual Studio 2010
Are you using sticky notes and index cards on a whiteboard or team wall? Well, if you are...
Date: 05/25/2010
Agile Tip #5 – Learn to Love Acceptance Criteria
Tip #5: Start to love and embrace acceptance criteria. Ask 10 mature agile teams “How do you...
Date: 05/04/2010
Agile Tip #4 – Plan Using Velocity
Tip #4: Use velocity when planning iterations. Before you plan an iteration it’s critical that...
Date: 04/28/2010
Agile Tip #3 – Story Point Scales
Tip #3: Choose a meaningful story points scale for estimating user stories. The MSF Agile 5.0...
Date: 04/22/2010
Agile Tip #2 – Simple User Story Titles
Tip #2: Write short/simple titles for each user story. In the MSF Agile 5.0 process, requirements...
Date: 04/19/2010
Agile Tips
With the launch of Visual Studio 2010 last week I thought it would helpful to start a series of blog...
Date: 04/19/2010
Agile Tip #1 – Epics and Themes
Tip #1: Organize your product backlog into epics and themes using parent/child relationships....
Date: 04/19/2010
Visual Studio Certified Process Template Program
With the launch and release of Visual Studio 2010 we’re pleased to announce the new Visual Studio...
Date: 04/19/2010
Downloading Unbound Agile Workbooks
I’ve had a few people ask where they can get unbound (not connected to a team project) copies of the...
Date: 03/16/2010
Agile Project Management with TFS 2010
I posted an update on slideshare to my Scrum with TFS 2010 presentation. The slide deck walks...
Date: 03/02/2010
Being Prompted to Save Your Process Guidance?
I’ve heard from a few customers that after installing Team Foundation Server 2010 with SharePoint...
Date: 02/15/2010
MSF Agile/CMMI 5.0 Process Guidance
The final versions of the MSF Agile 5.0 and MSF CMMI 5.0 process guidance for Visual Studio 2010 are...
Date: 02/12/2010
Process Guidance Now Online in Team Foundation Server 2010
One of the big changes made to the Agile & CMMI process templates in 2010 was to move the...
Date: 11/05/2009
Customizing Report Parameters for Team Foundation Server 2010
John Socha-Leialoha recently posted a great article on how to modify the default report parameters...
Date: 10/26/2009
How does MSF Agile 4.2 compare to MSF Agile 5.0?
With the public release of Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta2 I thought I’d post some of key...
Date: 10/26/2009
Setting a Default Dashboard in TFS 2010
I’ve been asked more than a few times recently how you can set the default page in the new Team...
Date: 10/06/2009
Sprint Planning in TFS 2010
I wanted to post a few screen shots of the updated Iteration Backlog workbook that will be shipping...
Date: 08/10/2009
Enabling the Iteration Backlog Workbook on an Upgraded Team Project
NOTE: THE STEPS OUTLINED IN THIS POST ONLY APPLIED TO TFS 2010 BETA 2. PLEASE SEE THIS...
Date: 05/18/2009
Enabling the Product Backlog Workbook on an Upgraded Team Project
NOTE: THE STEPS OUTLINED IN THIS POST ONLY APPLIED TO TFS 2010 BETA 2. PLEASE SEE THIS...
Date: 05/18/2009
Team Foundation Server 2010 - Where Are My Reports?
If you’ve upgraded your Team Foundation Server to Team Foundation Server 2010 you’re probably...
Date: 05/18/2009
Agile Planning Tools in TFS 2010
Ajoy Krishnamoorthy wrote a great article earlier this year describing the new Agile Planning Excel...
Date: 04/08/2009
Reports in TFS 2010… it’s getting easier
Brian Keller has just posted a video on Channel9 that shows off some of the new reporting features...
Date: 03/26/2009
Slide Deck Insanity
In recent years I find myself spending more and more time staring at PowerPoint slides. I'm...
Date: 08/29/2008