Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond
DAAB and Entity Framework: possible marriage?
First of all, thanks to all people who have provided their inputs to the EntLib5.0 backlog (please...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 02/09/2009
Enterprise Library 5 – what’s on your wish list?
We’ve started our planning of the Enterprise Library 5. This is your chance to send us suggestions,...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/27/2009
Just Released: Validation Application Block Hands-On Lab
Here’s a gift for the New Year’s. We have produced a new hands-on lab on validation with Enterprise...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/04/2009
Just Released: Unity Application Block 1.2 for Silverlight
If you are building rich application experiences in Silverlight, you can now use the power of...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 12/14/2008
What is Enterprise Library team currently up to?
After shipping Enterprise Library v4.1, the team is focusing on the ease-of-use and learnability...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 12/11/2008
Microsoft Enterprise Library – What Do Customers Want ?
As the Enterprise Library product owner and now program manager, I frequently talk to users. Despite...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 12/09/2008
Agile Perspectives PDC Workshop
As promised, here’s the deck Mary Poppendieck and I used during the workshop. We hope it was worth...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/31/2008
Patterns & practices goodness – early Christmas
Earlier this week I’ve announced the releases of Enterprise Library 4.1, Unity 1.2 and Acceptance...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/31/2008
News: Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance BETA1
I am pleased to announce the release of the Acceptance Test Engineering guide BETA1. You can...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/31/2008
Just Released: Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2
From the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, I am writing this message in between many...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/28/2008
Agile PreCon at PDC 2008
Mary Poppendieck and I are set to run a pre-conference workshop on Agile Perspectives: Industry and...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 09/29/2008
Generics support in Unity
Community! As you know we are currently working on EntLib4.1/Unity1.2. We’ve already addressed a...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/20/2008
Agile2008 selected sessions online
You wish you could have made it to Agile2008 in Toronto 2 weeks ago? A small number of sessions is...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/17/2008
Acceptance Test Engineering guide - How to Decide if Software is Ready for You or Your Customer - Community Preview 2 released
On Monday, we released our CTP2 on Codeplex: https://codeplex.com/TestingGuidance. You’ll see it now...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/06/2008
EntLib4.1 kickoff
On July 31 we have kicked off the EntLib4.1 and Unity 1.2 project. This is a minor service release....
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/03/2008
Webcasts demos
The demo from the Enterprise Library 4.0 webcast we did yesterday is posted on Codeplex. Now can...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 07/11/2008
Do you have testing problems?
In our quest to produce actionable acceptance testing guidance, we are looking for hard-to-test...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 06/26/2008
Webcasts on EntLib4 and Unity
We are planning three webcasts on EntLib4 and Unity. Pencil in the tentative dates: § Taking...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 06/18/2008
What does "done" mean to you?
We have posted a short survey on the practices of acceptance testing that I would like to invite you...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 05/22/2008
Where did the Application Block Software Factory go?
As I mentioned in the announcement of the Enterprise Library 4, two pieces were removed from the...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 05/22/2008
Unity refresh (v1.1)
In addition to the release of the Enterprise Library 4.0, the patterns & practices team is happy...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 05/17/2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released!
Friends, I am extremely excited to announce the release of the Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 05/16/2008
Empirical Evidence of Agile Methods: ce que nous savons, ce que nous pensons savoir et ce que nous voulons savoir
I gave two versions of my talk on the Empirical Evidence of Agile Methods : What We Know, What We...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 05/13/2008
Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance - project kick-off
Traditionally, p&p primary audience included developers and architects. Even though we have some...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
Unity DI container 1.0 shipped!
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of Unity 1.0. As many of you...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 04/04/2008
Unity container: resolving non-public objects
If you care, please read the following thread posted on Codeplex:...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 04/01/2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 March 2008 CTP released
We are pleased to announce the release of the EntLib 4.0 March 2008 CTP and invite your feedback....
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 03/31/2008
Unity release date is moved to April 7
We've revised our original release date (March 15) to April 7. In the meantime, feel free to access...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 03/20/2008
Unity project heartbeat
Those who follow the work of our team on Unity have probably noticed a certain rhythm we follow – of...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 03/04/2008
EntLib/Unity roadmap
This is a quick update on our release plans. March 15 - Unity 1.0 release March 15 - Enterprise...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 02/27/2008
GAX/GAT February 2008 Final Release
The Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) expands the capabilities of Visual Studio by allowing...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 02/15/2008
Unity February 2008 Community Technology Preview
Friends! Today we have released the February 2008 Community Technology Preview of Unity, our...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 02/12/2008
Unity Extensibility Workshop
Microsoft Main Campus (Building 99)February 18-19, 2008Redmond, WA Description Unity is Microsoft’s...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
Who are we ? - introducing EntLib 4.0 and Unity Team
In my previous posting, I’ve acknowleged everybody who worked on EntLib 1.0-3.1. I should have...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/23/2008
Tests and Requirements, Requirements and Tests: A Möbius Strip
Over a year ago, Robert Martin and I wrote a paper on exploring and disambiguating requirements with...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/22/2008
Agile 2008 Conference - new model, many changes - part 1
Catching up on blogging about Agile 2008 Conference, for which I am a Program Chair. Luckily, I am...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/15/2008
DIAB is now Unity
First of all, we finally came up with a name for the DI container we are building. A drum roll,...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/14/2008
Enterprise Library product backlog
I've posted the current EntLib4 product backlog with prioritized stories on Codeplex:...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 01/08/2008
Making Dependency Injection Simpler in EntLib 4
The benefits of modular design with cohesive components that have little or no coupling to the rest...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 12/03/2007
Enterprise Library: alive and well - planning v3.5
It’s been over a month since I posted a survey on EntLib extensibility. Big thanks to all...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/17/2007
EntLib Contrib - community-developed extensions to Enterprise Library - September release
I'd like to invite current users of EntLib to check out the recent EntLib Contrib release - it's...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/03/2007
Using Validation Application Block from Web apps in an AJAX way
The Validation Application Block (VAB) added to the Enterprise Library v.3 a comprehensive set of...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 10/01/2007
Influence the future of MSF guidance
Andrew Delin, a colleague of mine, who is working on the next generation of the Microsoft Solutions...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 09/24/2007
Scrum at Macro and Micro Levels
Scrum has come of age. Not only it is entering the mainstream of modern software development, but it...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 09/17/2007
Planning the next release of Enterprise Library
We, at patterns & practices, are planning a release of Enterprise Library for Visual Studio 2008...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/24/2007
Just released: "Team Development with Team Foundation Server" Guide
The final version of the "Team Development with TFS" Guide is released today by the patterns &...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/06/2007
New GAX/GAT July 2007 Released
I am pleased to announce the release of the July 2007 CTP of the Guidance Automation Toolkit and...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 08/02/2007
Shipping GAX 1.3 - your input is invited
Hello, community! We have GAX/GAT1.3 ready to ship. However, none of the p&p factories are...
Author: Grigori Melnik MSFT Date: 07/19/2007