Clemens Reijnen

A structured test management process template for VS2010… Still a lot to do to get it at the quality level we want, but this is a preview and as I call it… for discussion purpose only. The planning is to get it somewhere next week at a level we can call it beta and ready for us within projects ... [More]

As probably everybody already know, Microsoft is going to deliver a toolset for the tester with Visual Studio Team System 2010. If you didn’t know this, you can start by reading several previous posts on this blog, on Rob’s blog or on Bing. It’s not only going to support developmen... [More]

Previous episodes: Visual Studio Team System 2010 – Episode 1: A Focus on Testing Visual Studio Team System 2010 – Episode 2: No Risk No Test In the last episode Rob talked about the main challenges of testing, and not only for the acceptance tester but ... [More]

This series will focus on the test roll; which flavors are there, what do they do, what are their goals, what do they do to reach that goal, how do they collaborate with other rolls and in what way does VSTS 2010 support their activities. [More]

For communication with higher level audience you can change default images in the VSTA 2010 diagrams. var dzone_url = 'http://www.clemensreijnen.nl/post/Alternate-Image-in-Diagrams.aspx'; var dzone_title = 'Alternate Image in Diagrams'; var dzone_blurb = 'Alternate Image in Diagra... [More]

The success of using models [UML and non-UML] in the application lifecycle dependents deeply on how you’ve organized them, and with that also the success of the solution you are going to deliver. Models [mainly the UML ones] are used for communication. Communication with different sha... [More]

The (experimental) journey of getting App Arch Guid Knowledge in VSTS2010 with Edward continuous…  previous steps… The VSTA Layer Diagram and the P^P App Arch Guide 2.0. Blueprints: Visual Studio 2010 CTP In this step as promised in part... [More]

Microsoft is releasing more and more tooling and guidance for the architect. With Visual Studio Team Architect 2010 Microsoft enables the architect and designer to great models which keep their value throughout the application lifecycle and with the current effort according to Architectural Guidance... [More]

There are a many types of architects in an organization and one of them is the enterprise architect, he / she architect’s enterprises. So, what do they do and how can ALM benefit from their work? Very brief they make ICT valuable and adoptable for the business, they are the bridge between busi... [More]

Did some playing with MEF and a Smelling Layer Diagram today… it turned out to be an interesting scenario. Some background. There are many anti-patterns, patterns which have been proven not to work well. Anti-patterns for buildings, for collaboration, for businesses... [More]