J.D. Meier's Blog

Agile Results, Digital Business Transformation, and Program Management

Lessons in Software from Eric Brechner

I have a guest post from Eric Brechner on Shaping Software.  It's Lessons in Software from Eric...

Author: JD Meier Date: 12/07/2009

Now Available: Final PDF of the Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, Second Edition

A final PDF is now available for our patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide, second...

Author: JD Meier Date: 11/24/2009

Patterns and Practices for Distributed Teams

This post is a summary of my lessons learned from leading distributed teams.  I've managed...

Author: JD Meier Date: 11/22/2009

Now Available: patterns & practices Application Architecture Book

The Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd edition, is now available on Amazon and should be...

Author: JD Meier Date: 11/05/2009

10 Years at patterns & practices

I never imagined I would invest 10 years on the patterns & practices team at Microsoft. ...

Author: JD Meier Date: 10/02/2009

Security Mental Model for Azure

We’ve been exploring Azure on the patterns & practices team for potential security...

Author: JD Meier Date: 09/16/2009

Experience-Driven Development

Note: This article is updated at Experience-Driven Development. Features don’t necessarily aggregate...

Author: JD Meier Date: 09/15/2009

The Power of Patterns and Practices

I wrote a post, The Power of Patterns and Practices, on Sources of Insight to summarize some of the...

Author: JD Meier Date: 09/14/2009

Sources of Insight is One Year Old

It was a year ago today that I wrote my first post on Sources of Insight, where I focus on patterns...

Author: JD Meier Date: 09/01/2009

Time Management Quotes

Time management is a key skill for work and life.  I’ve posted my collection of Time Management...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/24/2009

Cloud Security Frame

I posted a draft of our Cloud Security Frame at Shaping Software.  This frame is especially...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/19/2009

What’s Your Favorite Thinking Technique?

Have you thought about your default thinking patterns?   I wrote a post on 3 Thinking...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/19/2009

Cloud Security Survey Results

As a follow up to our earlier patterns & practices Cloud Security Survey, here is a quick...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/17/2009

Communication Isn’t the Only Source of Conflict

I wrote a post on how Poor Communication isn’t the Source of Most Conflicts at Sources of...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/12/2009

patterns & practices Assets Survey

If you take our patterns & practices satisfaction survey, you can let us know which patterns...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/07/2009

A Language for Your Strengths

I wrote a post on A Language for Strengths on Sources of Insight.  It's my attempt to...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/07/2009

Cloud Security Survey

I'm inviting you to take our survey at https://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229GHH4CD36 for our...

Author: JD Meier Date: 08/04/2009

Top 10 Lessons in Happiness

I have a guest post from bestselling author, Gretchen Rubin on The Top 10 Lessons Learned in...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/27/2009

How To Be a Successful Individual Contributor at Microsoft

I wrote up my top 10 lessons learned in how to be a successful individual contributor at Microsoft...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/24/2009

Discover the How to Your Why

I have a guest post by Janine de Nysschen on how to Discover the How to Your Why at Sources of...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/21/2009

Lessons in Software from Mike de Libero

I have a guest post, Lesson in Software from Mike de Libero, on Shaping Software.  Mike was a...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/20/2009

PM Skills for Life

I wrote a post on PM Skills for Life on Sources of Insight.  PM is short for “Program...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/16/2009

Discover Your Why

Do you know why you do what you do?  Your why defines the difference you want to make in this...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/13/2009

Lessons in Software from James Waletzky

I have a guest post, Lessons in Software from James Waletsky, on Shaping Software.  James is a...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/06/2009

Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee

I have a post on Lessons Learned from Bruce Lee on Sources of Insight.  Bruce Lee was one of my...

Author: JD Meier Date: 07/04/2009

Acceptance Test Engineering Guide Beta 2 Now Available

Our patterns & practices Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume 1 (Beta 2) is now available...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/30/2009

Lessons in Software from Alok Srivastava

I have a guest post, Lessons in Software from Alok Srivastava, on Shaping Software.  Alok is a...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/29/2009

Six Sources of Influence

If you need to be a change agent at work, or make things happen in your life, Six Sources of...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/23/2009

Patterns and Practices of Lean Software Development

I have a guest post on Shaping Software from Corey Ladas on Patterns and Practices of Lean Software...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/22/2009

Lean Software Development

I'm honored to have a guest post on Shaping Software from Corey Ladas on Introduction to Lean...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/15/2009

Influencer - The Power to Change Anything

Whether you need to change something in your life or make changes at work, influence is your...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/10/2009

Productivity Personas

I wrote a post on Productivity Personas at Sources of Insight.  It's simply a way to identify...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/08/2009

Dr. K on How To Design a Fulfilling Life

I'm honored to have a guest post on Sources of Insight from Dr. Rick Kirschner (aka Dr.K on How To...

Author: JD Meier Date: 06/01/2009

Lessons Learned in patterns and practices

I'm a fan of continuous learning.  My post Lessons Learned in patterns & practices on...

Author: JD Meier Date: 05/31/2009

Dr. K on Top 10 Lessons in Interpersonal Skills

I'm honored to have a guest post on Sources of Insight from Dr. Rick Kirschner (aka Dr.K) on Top 10...

Author: JD Meier Date: 05/25/2009

Customer Connected Engineering

I posted slides on how we do Customer Connected Engineering at patterns & practices to Shaping...

Author: JD Meier Date: 05/19/2009

Motivation Quotes

I added a set of my favorite motivation quotes to Sources of Insight.   You never know...

Author: JD Meier Date: 05/07/2009

A Language for Architecture

Note: This article is updated at A Language for Application Architecture. My Architecture Journal...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/25/2009

The Elegant Code Cast on PRISM 2.0

Bob Brumfield and Blaine Wastell from our patterns & practices team talk about Prism 2.0 with...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/23/2009

Stephen Nelson on The Five Small Business Success Formulas

I'm honored to have a guest post at Sources of Insight from author Stephen Nelson on The Five Small...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/20/2009

Performance Hot Spots

Note: This article is updated at Software Performance Hot Spots. I wrote a post about Performance...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/13/2009

Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection

I've posted a summary of my Monday Vision, Daily Outcomes, Friday Reflection pattern on Sources of...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/08/2009

New Release: Hands-on Labs for Unity 1.2

Hands-on Labs for Unity 1.2 are now available. What is Unity Unity is a lightweight, extensible...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/02/2009

New Release: Hands-on Labs for Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1

Hands-on Labs for Microsoft patterns & practices Enterprise Library 4.1 are now available. ...

Author: JD Meier Date: 04/02/2009

New Release: Visual Basic Quickstarts for Prism v2 (WPF and Silverlight)

Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for patterns & practices PrismV2 (Composite...

Author: JD Meier Date: 03/30/2009

Enterprise Library 5.0 Product Backlog Prioritization Survey

Note: This articles is updated at How To Prioritize with 100 Points. Now's your chance to influence...

Author: JD Meier Date: 03/28/2009

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