Juan J. Perez

Facebook Developer Garage and Methodology

I attended the Seattle Facebook Developer Garage tonight and kudos to the folks who organized the event! It was a fantastic event that was literally bursting at seams with people. There must have been over 200 people at the event from all over the Pacific...

Published Mon, May 5 2008 10:19 PM by Juan

Jeff Beehler talks about the VSTS Project (planning and operations) on Channel 9

Jeff Beehler was interviewed by Brian Keller on Channel 9 and talks about how VSTS runs their team from the highest level (Pillars), though Value Props, Features, all the way down through Tasks, which could even have sub-tasks. You'll notice that he spends...

Published Fri, Mar 21 2008 2:33 PM by Juan

TeamSpec on Channel 9!

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to demo TeamSpec to Brian Keller and the Channel 9 camera! I want to thank Brian for the opportunity to show some of the software we've been building at Personify for the last 2+ years. One thing you'll notice...

Published Sun, Mar 9 2008 9:44 PM by Juan

Mix08 and SEPG 2008

I will be attending both Mix08 in Las Vegas this week as well as SEPG 2008 in Tampa starting on March 17. At Mix, I'll be roaming the sessions as well as the hands-on-labs rooms. At SEPG, I will be at the Personify Design station of the Microsoft booth...

Published Mon, Mar 3 2008 4:34 PM by Juan

TeamSpec in the community...

It's very exciting to see the different creations that people in the TFS community are creating using TeamSpec. At the outset of TeamSpec, we set to solve the stale document problem. In the process, we ended up created an environment in Word that enables...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 10:20 PM by Juan

TeamLook for TFS 2008 launches!

We're very excited (and happy) to announce the release of TeamLook for TFS 2008! In addition to support for TFS 2008, we’ve made some usability and performance improvements which also make TeamLook for TFS 2005 better. You’ll notice that we’ve now united...

Published Fri, Feb 8 2008 5:53 PM by Juan

TeamSpec v1.0 (for TFS 2005 and TFS 2008) has launched and is available now!

“What does the spec say it should do?” These words can come from anyone on the IT team! We’ve heard them from testers that are verifying functionality. We’ve heard them from managers asking to understand project progress or approving a future budget....

Published Sat, Jan 19 2008 5:16 PM by Juan

Terry Clancy to talk on Requirements and VSTS on Thursday, Jan 17th!

Terry Clancy will be giving an online talk/webcast on Requirements and VSTS tomorrow! Apologies for the short notice, but there's still time to register. Register at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032362264&EventCategory...

Published Wed, Jan 16 2008 11:00 AM by Juan

Videos: Managing Requirements using TeamSpec and TFS

The journey into creating more videos that show TeamSpec is action is DONE! Well, for now :). Visit the new 'Discover TeamSpec' page at http://www.personifydesign.com/products/teamspec/discover.aspx to view the six videos that show how TeamSpec makes...

Published Wed, Jan 9 2008 6:34 PM by Juan

TeamSpec Feature Walkthrough Video!

First off, Happy New Year everyone! I hope you had a great holiday break and are ready for an exciting 2008! We're in the final stages of stabilization for TeamSpec and I've started to put together some videos showing off the functionality. I started...

Published Fri, Jan 4 2008 5:51 PM by Juan

TechEd EMEA Keynote and Personify Design

It's always great to see your work on stage! Today I had the pleasure of sitting in the audience at the TechEd EMEA keynote where Soma (Corporate VP Developer Division), Tony Goodhew (Senior Product Manager), and Dan Fernandez (Lead Product Manager) delivered...

Published Mon, Nov 5 2007 7:21 AM by Juan

Justifying Requirements in the Software Team

I’ve received a few requests for help on justifications for Requirements efforts in teams. Often it’s someone trying to get resources from their management with hopes of understanding and evolving their software process. The ultimate challenge is identifying...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2007 6:26 PM by Juan

TechEd Developers in Barcelona, Spain

Drop me a line if you are heading to Barcelona for TechEd Developers on November 5th and you would like to meet up. I'm always up for meeting up with people and talking shop. (juanjperez -a-t- gmail dot com) Cheers, Juan

Published Tue, Oct 23 2007 5:49 PM by Juan

TFS and Requirements: Tasks, Bugs, and Everything Else

During software engineering consulting engagements I spend quite a bit of time learning how each team works together to do what they do. Much like the beginnings of a software project, I go through an investigation phase where I literally ask questions...

Published Tue, Oct 23 2007 3:09 PM by Juan

TeamSpec CTP available

Download the TeamSpec CTP Now! Before we release a v1.0 of TeamSpec, we want to share the state of the product. We’re very close to making the v1.0 release and wanted to make one final pre-release update both to get more feedback as well as make some...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2007 8:56 AM by Juan

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