Obviously Douglass’s quote refers to a more sinister theme, but it does apply to what we experience on a day to day basis, indeed his quote holds true for us as individuals, as team members and furthermore as employees of organizations (and I could keep going). In order to advance, we have to force ourselves to change; in fact, we have to embrace change, as struggling to change will bring us progress. For an organization, progress can be measured in different ways: efficiency, effectivene... [More]

Before you start restructuring, remember to ask yourself the 5 W (and one H) questions (who, why, what, where, when, how)…And what better way to answer those questions than to measure! Thomas Davenport said it, « A new breed of company have dominated their fields by deploying industrial-strength analytics across a wide variety of activities. In essence, they are transforming their organizations into armies of killer apps and crunching their way to victory ». Software development is one of thos... [More]

Want to better understand how to leverage Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server development, while complying to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) best practices? Follow this link (from the Enterprise Developer Conference last week in NYC): Link to the video or come see us at our next VSTS User Groupon May 26!