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Using SourceGear's DiffMerge as the merge tool in Microsoft Team System
09 Apr 2008, 11:31:00 AM
In an earlier post, I discussed using and configuring WinMerge as a compare tool in Team System. Here I discuss using SourceGear's DiffMerge as a custom merge tool. It all started recently when I had a tricky merge to do in Team System, and I rea ...
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Scrum and feedback in process optimization
03 Apr 2008, 11:11:40 AM
Scrum has a direct and timely feedback loop built in for optimizing the software development process—the retrospective. Here are some of my thoughts about feedback and optimization of process in software development. Development in large organizatio ...
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Retrospectives: a key part of the Scrum process
02 Apr 2008, 05:32:24 PM
The retrospective is a key and often overlooked part of the Scrum process. I believe one reason for the success of my Scrum team in the past few years is related to our consistency in doing retrospectives at the end of each sprint. I've seen other t ...
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LINQ and n-tier architecture: choices, choices, choices...
04 Mar 2008, 04:30:47 PM
One question when architecting an n-tier application using LINQ to SQL or LINQ to Entities is how far to commit to using LINQ. In other words, how deeply should you let the database LINQ technologies permeate the layers of the application. I've seen ...
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