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Using Trello for Scrum
A lot of the traffic that comes through this blog is related to folks looking to use Trello for agile development. If you are using a Kanban/Lean approach, it works really well out of the box. However, if you are using a more Scrum-like approach, you may have noticed the lack of ability to do Read more
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Baby Steps to SOA – Step Two: Measure It
In the continuing Baby Steps to SOA series, we follow Doug and his IT team behind BuyMyWidget.com as they take steps to renovate their digital asset architecture. Previously, we introduced the problem and the team, started planning and analysis, and now we continue on our travel through the road map with measuring success! Read more
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Sitecore 7: Available for download!
It’s official, the new 7.0 is out there! You can download it off of the Sitecore Developer Network at: http://sdn.sitecore.net/Products/Sitecore%20V5/Sitecore%20CMS%207.aspx Coinciding with the release have been a blast of emails, twitter posts, and blog posts, including the following series from my colleagues: Sitecore 7: Upgrade considerations Sitecore 7: What’s new for developers in Elbrus Sitecore 7: Read more
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Baby Steps to SOA – Step One: Analyze and Plan
In the continuing Baby Steps to SOA series, we follow Doug and his IT team behind BuyMyWidget.com as they take steps to renovate their digital asset architecture. Previously, we introduced the problem and the team, and now we start on our travel through the road map. Read more
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Performance tuning your Sitecore installation
I’ll be continuing the Baby Steps to SOA topic next week, but for this week I’m jumping back into the world of Sitecore. I’ve just spent the past few weeks performance tuning another project, and there are so many rabbit-holes one has to jump down to find the culprit of a performance issue. Networks, databases, Read more
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Baby Steps to SOA – An Introduction
Around five years ago, I remember a lot of folks started getting into the hype around Service-Oriented Architecture. “This is the way of the future!” you would hear, or “All of our problems will be solved by moving to SaaS or SOA!” Take a moment now and consider your own workplace. How much of your Read more
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