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Tech Tips (Greenbar Redux)

What do the following have in common: Converse Chuck Taylors, bell bottoms, skinny jeans, the Mustang and the Camaro (both “greener” these days), John Travola, and greenbar paper? Each was once very popular, went out of fashion for a time, and has since made a fantastic comeback.

Question & Answers - Agile/Scrum for onshore/offshore hybrid model

1. What are the various methods to following Agile programming?

a. Extreme Programming

b. Scrum

c. DSDM

d. FDD

e. Crystal Clear

2. What is the fundamental difference between Traditional Waterfall model vs. Agile?

a. Water fall is plan driven while Agile is value driven.

Best practices for Agile/Scrum for onshore/offshore model - A Hybrid Model – Part II

In the previous article we discussed about Roles, Meetings, Processes, and Tools to use in our hybrid model. In this article we will briefly go over the do’s and don’ts that will get us moving in the RIGHT direction.

Do’s

• Offshore Scrum Master can be a traditional PM, but has to have a “Servant leader and Facilitator” mindset.

• For a new Scrum team, it is important to understand the ramp up time for resources, and various environment setup and continuous integration setup – before 1st Dev Sprint begins.

Best practices for Agile/Scrum for onshore/offshore model - A Hybrid Model – Part I

This article plans to cover various aspects with respect to onshore/offshore development using Agile/Scrum methodology. At a high level the article is expanded to include Roles, Meetings, Processes about the hybrid model.

Roles

Traditional Agile Scrum roles are as follows:

• Product Owner: This role defines features from a business standpoint and is the most knowledgeable person about the feature. This role also prioritizes these features on a active basis.

The case for building a prototype

When we start a new software development project with a client, we like to recommend building a prototype as part of the requirements effort.  Especially if the project is to develop a brand new product or to do a major rewrite of an existing product.  But my experience has been that the prototype actually has benefits far past the requirements stage.   There are actually 3 key benefits that can be realized from building the prototype:

Software development: a “recipe” for success

I read recently that custom software development is similar to a master chef creating a new recipe.  No one expects the chef to create a perfect new dish on his first attempt.  Instead, the chef frames an idea of how he wants the dish to turn out and then he experiments with ingredients until he finds the right combination to bring out the flavor he was looking for.  Similarly, in Agile development or even a hybrid Agile like Alliance practices, the process of creating a new software product is iterative.  Each iteration adds new features in an attempt to find the right mix for a releas

Tying up Silverlight, Expression Blend and XAML- Part 3

From the previous blog which gave an overview on setting a movie or a sound file to the Silverlight media element, let’s take the application to the next level by adding some more functionality using Visual State Manager, State Groups and States. The relationship between VSM and States is that the states are executed by the former. Here again I am emphasizing on building minor features without much effort in terms of XAML or C#.

Tying up Silverlight, Expression Blend and XAML- Part 2

Expression Blend does not yet support using live XML data (RSS feeds) and you need to write some C# and XAML to achieve the same. As I looked at using and exploiting the Silverlight Media Element control, I was tempted to write this blog and in probably 6-8 steps how one could create major functionality with a few lines of code. The goal for me is to keep things simple for easier maintainability as well as providing a good primer using which the user can explore further. I have recently downloaded Expression Blend 4 Release Candidate and the following steps use the same.

Tying up Silverlight, Expression Blend and XAML- Part 1

In this series of blog I will jump into the usage of Expression Blend for building Rich Internet Applications that are fun and easy to use based on Silverlight. Additional features are covered in a sequel to this blog (Part 2 and Part 3).

Selecting multiple rows in an AJAX WebTable using QTP

Here is an instance of a unique problem we encountered for a project and how a little out of the box thinking helped us find a solution. Based on specific requirements of a customer, we were asked to evaluate the testing tool QTP for specific capabilities corresponding to their requirements. The problem and the solution are described here.