Well it's been six months since I last posted an entry, so let me begin by reassuring my readership (all two of them), that I have not been hit by a bus or anything like that. Things have been really busy since I started in my current role, and I just haven't found the time to post any new entries. It's a shame too since my unique visitor count was growing steadily as I posted, but obviously those figures have now since dropped off. The lesson to learn from this is that if you plan to setup a blog - post to it!

So what has taken up all my time? Well, those who are connected via LinkedIn can see that I started a new role at Confused.com back in January. This has been a fantastic (but busy), opportunity from a development and technology perspective since I'm being exposed to the very latest Microsoft technologies, including the .NET 3.0/3.5 stack (including WCF and WF), and ASP.NET MVC (we're onto Preview 3 already). The most interesting aspect of my current role however, is my involvement with the adoption of Team System and Team Foundation Server.

Confused.com is adopting Scrum as an agile methodology, and we've all been involved in slowly introducing agile to the business. To support Scrum in Team System, I have developed an appropriate Process Template from the ground up. This was easily achieved using the Process Template Editor that is part of the Team System Power Toys. The principal reason for developing a custom Process Template, rather than using one of many free versions (such as Conchango's Scrum for Team System), is that we see integration opportunities with other processes and tools already being used within the organization. A custom Process Template will support these integration opportunities much more easily than trying to shoe-horn a third-party template.
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