SSWUpdate - Is your version number meaningful?
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A version number is only good if it conveys useful information. We use a 4 part version number which is made up of the following:

  1. Major version number
  2. Minor version number
  3. Patch number
  4. Build / Changeset number

Each part of the version number has specific meaning:

  • The Major version number should only be changed at the discretion of the product owner. This is usually due to addition of completely new areas of functionality for the application.
  • The Minor version number should be incremented for each release and resets to zero for a new major version.
  • The Patch number should be incremented for each hotfix applied in between releases and resets to zero each new release.
  • The Build number should match the TFS changeset number and this increases non-sequentially over time.

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Sydney .NET User Group -
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.NET User Group

6 days to go!

Sydney .NET User Group
Wednesday 15th April 2009
5:45pm - 9:00pm
Microsoft, Sydney
1 Epping Road, North Ryde

Team Foundation Server (TFS) for Successful Project Management by Adam Cogan

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the best tool for Microsoft developers to to have successful projects and a smooth software development processes.

Come see the Chief Architect from SSW show you:

  • The right way to use work items
  • The way to complete a work items and send a ‘done’
  • Use templates for your standard work items
  • The extra work items that developers always forget
  • TFS handles repetitive tasks
  • What is good and bad about Excel and Project integration
  • What you can use from the built in reporting as well as the Project portals available on SharePoint
  • The important reports to give your Project Manager
  • The metrics to bother with

Walk away knowing how to see the project health and progress. VSTS is designed to help address many of these traditional problems faced by project managers. It does so by providing a set of integrated tools to help teams improve their software development activities and to help project managers better support the software development processes.

During this session we will cover the lifecycle of creating work items and tracking of releases using Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.

Visual Studio Team System 2010 by Stephen Godbold by Stephen Godbold

Software quality is important. There is no debate about it. The question is, how do we achieve quality? In the application lifecycle management tooling space the current offerings are disparate at best – requiring tools on tools to achieve productivity. Visual Studio Team System 2010 in conjunction with Team Foundation Server attempts to rectify this by unifying the underlying flow of information between design, development and test disciplines.

In this session Stephen Godbold will highlight the enhancements made to the Team System offering that will drive up quality through a single source of truth and a shared application view across teams. He will demonstrate how this relates to you and your team by walking through the lifecycle of a bug in a typical application from discovery during testing to analysis, solution design, fix, and quality management before release.

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our facebook .NET group or our LinkedIn .NET group.


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Canberra .NET User Group -
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Canberra User Group

11 days to go!

Canberra .NET Developers User Group
Monday 20th April 2009

Lunch: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
King O'Malley's Irish Pub
131 City Walk
Canberra City

Dinner: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Microsoft Canberra Branch
Walter Turnbull Building
Level 2, 44 Sydney Ave
Barton ACT

Team Foundation Server (TFS) for Successful Project Management by Adam Cogan

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) is the best tool for Microsoft developers to to have successful projects and a smooth software development processes.

Come see the Chief Architect from SSW show you:

  • The right way to use work items
  • The way to complete a work items and send a ‘done’
  • Use templates for your standard work items
  • The extra work items that developers always forget
  • TFS handles repetitive tasks
  • What is good and bad about Excel and Project integration
  • What you can use from the built in reporting as well as the Project portals available on SharePoint
  • The important reports to give your Project Manager
  • The metrics to bother with

Walk away knowing how to see the project health and progress. VSTS is designed to help address many of these traditional problems faced by project managers. It does so by providing a set of integrated tools to help teams improve their software development activities and to help project managers better support the software development processes.

During this session we will cover the lifecycle of creating work items and tracking of releases using Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server.

To see more details and RSVP, please visit our facebook .NET group or our LinkedIn .NET group.

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UTS SharePoint Course

User Group

Every Wednesday
(Tentative Date)
6:00pm - 9:00pm
UTS City Campus
Building 10, Level 3, Room 210
Sydney

Managing and Using SharePoint 2007

This course has a particular emphasis on real world applications and skills. Topics covered include:

  • What is SharePoint
  • How to install SharePoint Server 2007
  • SharePoint Security
  • SharePoint User Interface
  • SharePoint Document management
  • How to Create a Portal
  • Setting up lists and documents libraries
  • Advanced SharePoint features
  • Migrating content into SharePoint
  • Workflow
  • SharePoint and Search
  • SharePoint Business Data Catalogue
  • SharePoint Administration
  • Form and Excel services
  • Web publishing

Application Details

To apply and reserve a place please visit the UTS Managing and Using SharePoint 2007 Course Page

Please direct any queries to Elaine Lawrence ph: 9514 1861 or email: shortcourses@it.uts.edu.au

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Tech Breakfast

Join us for Tech Breakfast 15 days to go

SYDNEY: SharePoint - Yellow Brick Road

Friday, 24th April 2009
8:00am-11:00am

Come and join us as we learn how the largest public SharePoint site in Australia (www.WorleyParsons.com) got up and running.
Adam Cogan of SSW will share his experience and lessons learnt on this project. Adam will also show you how to “sexify“ the look and feel of your website.

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Due to the tremendous growth that our business has experienced over the last few months, we are seeking enthusiastic people to join the SSW team.

Our Company is based in Neutral Bay which is one of the most elegant and scenic areas of Sydney. SSW is an Australian owned progressive consulting firm specialising in building, implementing and maintaining Microsoft .NET software applications.

We are currently strongly looking for a SharePoint Developer.

We are also currently looking for:

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