MSF for CMMI Process Improvement

Published 27 June 05 05:06 PM | jld

David J. Anderson posted on his blog that Microsoft "will be releasing the Beta of MSF for CMMI Process Improvement on MSDN next weekend." I'm personally looking forward taking a look at the implementation. David first hinted at an Agile/CMMI "best of both worlds" methodology he dubbed "The Learning Organization Maturity Model" in his book Agile Management for Software Engineering. His blog contains really insightful information about architecture and process - I'd highly recommend anyone interested in this space to check it out.

My upcoming book "Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System" by WROX/Wiley Publishing will contain good coverage on both MSF Agile and MSF for CMMI Process Improvement. In fact, if you've worked at any length with Team System you'll come to the realization that process is the glue that binds all of the elements of Team System together. My epiphany occured while writing the chapter.

To stay on the pulse of MSF, I'd recommend looking at the MSF Forums on the Microsoft website, the official Team System MSF Website, and Randy Miller, Rob Caron and David Anderson's blogs.

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# Tobin Titus said on June 28, 2005 01:22 AM:

I saw your book coming out on VSTS 2005 and really wished it was through someone else other than Wrox. I was ripped off by the whole Wrox press sell-off and was stiffed on the advance for my C# threading book. I would have thought things got better once Wiley picked them up, but I have another friend who just wrote for them and has yet to receive the money he was supposed to get from his contract. I have to ask, what is the compulsion of developers to continue to write under this label?

# Jean-Luc David said on June 28, 2005 03:53 AM:

Hi Tobin,

I co-authored Professional Javascript 2nd Edition with the original Wrox Press. (Luckily) I received all my payments before the company was sold off to APress and Wiley. Like you, I've heard from many authors who weren't as lucky. When Wrox was sold off, I figured that was the last time I was going to write for them.

Fast forward five years: I wrote several book proposals and pitched them to many publishers. The folks at Wiley and I hit it off right away. In my experience, the staff at Wiley are extremely responsive and I have no complaints whatsoever in terms of payments or contracts. In fact, they are a great bunch of people and very supportive. I'll send you contact information for a person who manages the contracts and advances process at Wiley via your blog - you can forward it to your friend to help him sort out his payment concerns.

Why Wrox? Despite all of the tumultuous history of Wrox, it remains a respected brand in the development community. I personally own over 50+ Wrox books in my library. Many Wrox books delve deeper into code than any other books I've read.

For an insight on the editors and the process behind Wrox 2.0, visit Jim Minatel's blog at: http://wroxblog.typepad.com/minatel/

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