"Australian Regional Director Adam Cogan is known for his rules. In fact, if you work for his software company you'll have to digest hundreds of best practices and rules that he has compiled from his many years in the software business. In this show we point you to the rules, and even discuss a few of them. Not to be missed."

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G'Day Developers!

Do you understand the value of consistency?

If you need to do something more than once, then there should be a standard for it. At the heart of our philosophy on creating rules and standards is the idea of consistency.

By performing multiple tasks in a consistent way, you can expect to:

• Improve productivity - because there are fewer decisions to make, and you build on existing work.
  For example, adding a registration system to our software just involves adding the standard SSW Registration project to our solution and calling it.



• Improve quality - because you are following best practices.
  For example, we have a standard exception logging framework that we plug into our software. Any unhandled exceptions are sent back to SSW for examination.



• Improve communications - because people know what to expect.
  For example, whenever we send an email about a bug, we include a screenshot of the screen in question. And we have a clear definition of what's a bug.



• Get straight to the meat of the customer's problem.
  For example, our developers don't need to decide whether to implement baseforms or user controls. They already know because it's covered in Rules to Better Windows Forms Applications.

At SSW we create standards for all manner of processes: from coding practices to project proposals and how to lock the office up at night. From the developer's perspective, consistency means that we understand each other's code, and if we don't know something, a standard will often save us asking someone. No more Chinese whispers, and less time wasted. From the customer's perspective, consistency leads to a reliable and repeatable experience. The following story illustrates these values...

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Cheers until next time, Adam
SSW Chief Architect and Microsoft Regional Director, Australia

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Sydney .NET User Group
Wednesday 15th February 2006
5:45pm - 9:00pm
Location: Microsoft, Sydney

Enterprise Search Tools

Enterprise Search tools allow you to instantly find any email or file on your network. They are an effective way of increasing your productivity.

For example: If a client calls, you can instantly search for their name and find all your correspondence with them; even if the last email was 6 months ago, you can resume the discussion as though it was yesterday.

Tim Kremer will discuss popular Enterprise Search tools, and lead you through setting up a simple enterprise search solution for all your users.

Runtime Object Editor

Debugging a managed Windows application is most of the time not an easy task, thus any tool can help will make your life easier. Corneliu I. Tusnea will present a tool that can help you in developing Windows applications, especially working with forms and their controls.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) brings the next wave of writing applications on Windows Platform. Get a peak into WPF with Deepak Kapoor, as he talks about this upcoming technology. Deepak's presentation will cover UI elements, Navigation Application, Control Content Models, Animations and a new language XAML.

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Canberra .NET User Group
Thursday 16th February 2006
Location: Microsoft, Canberra

Lunchtime Meeting 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Evening Meeting 4:30pm - 6:00pm


15 Rules to Successful Projects - Presented by Adam Cogan

Managing a team of coders can be a tricky experience, especially as most coders like to do things their own way. During this session we go through a list of rules the help make the development process as smooth as possible. These rules govern the creation of specifications and schedules, best methods for testing and fixing bugs and even the employees working conditions. Then we will dive into how you can make the most of Exchange Server in your organisation.

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Evening Meeting 4:30pm - 6:00pm


15 Rules to Successful Projects - employeesprofile.aspx?EmpID=AC">Adam Cogan

Managing a team of coders can be a tricky experience, especially as most coders like to do things their own way. During this session we go through a list of rules the help make the development process as smooth as possible. These rules govern the creation of specifications and schedules, best methods for testing and fixing bugs and even the employees working conditions. Then we will dive into how you can make the most of Exchange Server in your organisation.

SSW Web Pager is a utility that sends any web page to your inbox. This utility has many applications - from emailing you the latest news daily to emailing daily and monthly HTML reports to your administrator. Everything you need will be in one centralised location - the Inbox, saving you from opening many web pages to view all the pages you visit daily.

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