With the release of Azure, ScrumWall needed to be updated from the sample data access code to the new API. Cloud Storage Account The first change that we made was the addition of CloudStorageAccount to handle access to storage. Instantiating a storage account requires that a configuration setting publisher has been set. We do this with the SetConfigurationSettingPublisher method. It takes a single parameter, which is a wrapper delegate for the configuration reading and handling of the confi ... [Read more]

This post should really be title: “how we (could have) migrated ScrumWall to Azure in less than 20 minutes”. But I’ll come on to that later. I’ve been speaking about Azure at a number of events recently. As part of the talks, I have given a quick overview of the developer portal for Azure and the Visual Studio tools. I’ve wrapped this up in a demo using our ScrumWall product (http://scrumwall.cloudapp.net). Winding back time conveniently to about a year ago, I explain how we could have migr ... [Read more]

Companies use Agile methods like Scrum and eXtreme Programming (XP) to deliver business value through software. Agile methods adopt an incremental approach where large complex projects are broken down into simpler mini projects that are delivered in iterations. These iterations can be one to four weeks in duration. The business person responsible for driving the project (known as the Product Owner or Customer) can align features with his/her business' strategy by prioritising them for deliver ... [Read more]

We are currently working on a cool application for the Fire Protection Association (FPA) called Robust. The goal of the application is to ensure businesses are suitably prepared when an incident occurs (e.g. a Fire) Based on information gathered from the various core business activities it aims to help minimise any business impact and provide guidance on recovery options. On a side note the technology stack used for this project is also very interesting; we are using Windows Presentation ... [Read more]

Hello all, this is my first post on our team blog. I am a Project Manager here at Dot Net Solutions and my role is to ensure that agile practices are at the heart of our software delivery function. I will be looking to post snippets about agile practices, tools and our experiences here at Dot Net Solutions. A good introduction to agile I feel is to look at the Agile Manifesto which is at www.agilealliance.org We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping oth ... [Read more]