thinking-out-loud

TFS 2008 Power Tools

I just downloaded and installed the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools listed in the latest Microsoft Download notifications.  These Power Tools integrate some cool features straight into Visual Studio 2008.  I especially like:

• Build notification sys-tray tool for monitoring continuous integration
• Work item templates for setting default values when creating new work items
• And perhaps the Forbidden Patterns Policy would prevent newbies from checking in IDE cache files as I've recently seen.

Agile Alliance: Board of Directors

I've been nominated for the Board of Directors of the Agile Alliance, an international community that "supports those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices to make the software industry productive, humane, and sustainable".  If you're a member of the Agile Alliance, please vote for me.  If you're not a member but are a proponent of Agile software development, become one by joining now.   Improving is a corporate member and a sponsor of the Agile 2008 Conference.  We're also a strong supporter of the Dallas chapter of the Agile Project Leadership Network.