My recent road trip was a great reminder how quality is durable. As I passed through familiar territory, it was interesting to see how many building and places stood the test of time.
Topics: General, Headline

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On the Microsoft patterns & practices team, we use Vision / Scope as a key milestone. It’s where we frame the problem, identify the business opportunity, and paint a vision of the solution. It’s a forcing function to get clarity on the...
Topics: Headline

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Here is a draft of our Cloud Security Frame as part of our early exploration work for our patterns & practices Cloud Security Project. It’s a lens for looking at Cloud Security. The frame is simply a collection of Hot Spots. Each Hot Spot...
Topics: Headline, Security

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At patterns & practices, we use Vision Scope milestones to sell management on how we'll change the world. Knowing the vision and scope for a project is actually pretty key. The vision will motivate you and your team in the darkest of times. ...
Topics: Headline

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Mike de Libero. Mike has been doing software development for more than 9 years in a variety of settings. He’s worked as a freelance developer. He’s also worked on a small team of developers maintaining...
Topics: Headline, Lessons in Software

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