So what is wrong with this?  There are more important criteria to consider - two in fact.

The first one is 'Quality'.  Quality is relative and sometimes difficult to measure but is more important than delivering substandard products on time or within budgets.

Even more important for the solution is 'to meet a business need'.  We often assume what we build is useful, but the statistics tell us otherwise: nearly half of the software we build is never used (45% according to the Standish Group).  Nothing matters if no one will use the product - not even quality!

So its time to reorganise our priorities and get past the platitudes.  Here is the list - in order of priorities ( you can swap around the last three bullet points :-) )

Introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Test & Lab Management
1 day course - $930 plus GST

Dates:
Melbourne: 25 August
Canberra: 22 October
Brisbane: 24 November
Sydney: 1 December

This course aims to provide hands on familiarisation to the Test and Lab Management features of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. At the end of the course students will have an understanding of how to plan tests, create test cases, execute test suites locally and remotely, and create action scripts for applications written in Microsoft Visual Studio and how to analyse and report their progress.

Writing CodedUI Tests for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
2 day course - $1860 plus GST

Dates:
Brisbane: 23-24 August
Melbourne: 30-31 August
Sydney: 9-10 September
Canberra: 20-21 September

This is a two day instructor-led course to use the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 CodedUI tests. Microsoft has extended the Visual Studio 2010 family of tools to increase the testing capabilities of the suite beyond web tests which were added in Visual Studio 2008.

A brand new tool, Microsoft Test Manager, serves as a management console for the tester. In addition, the Visual Studio IDE has been extended to include another test type named CodedUI. CodedUI enables developers and testers alike to automate against a GUI and provide code analysis and coverage in the process. This course will focus on providing a solid foundation to the tester in understanding CodedUI tests.


In-House Courses

Our entire suite of training programmes is also available for in-house delivery. The benefits of in-house delivery means that we can offer course tailoring around the specific learning needs of your team, increasing the relevance and positive learning outcomes for attendees. You will be able to nominate your preferred dates and location and our expert trainers will meet with you to ensure that they understand your business and can apply the training to your organisational processes. For further information and pricing on our in-house course options call 1300 854 063 or contact us by email on training@kjross.com.au

1. TFS has been re-released (available now on MSDN) to include an important fix, solving a specific problem when upgrading from 2008 to 2010.  To learn more about this issue see Brian Harry's blog post.

2. TFS update patch (QFE Rollup).  Soon we'll release a patch fixing non-critical bugs discovered since the TFS was released back in April.  You can find our more here.

3. We'll release a superset version of 2) a bit later, which will include RTM bits of the Lab Management components of TFS.

The first 50 attendees to register for the conference will receive a free NFR copy of Microsoft Expression Studio 3.0. The Australian ALM Conference will feature local and international speakers including Sam Guckenheimer and Tanuj Vohra from Microsoft Corp.

Following the keynote there are two content tracks over two days and some unique post-conference training to help you get up to speed as soon as possible. The event is being held in the iconic Sydney landmark, Luna Park and promises to be a fantastic kick-off to what will be an annual event. For more information and to register, visit http://www.australianalm.com.au

Jeff Beehler blogged about the meaning of "limited support", but here is the definition again:

• We are committed to providing a smooth upgrade path from Beta 2 to the final release (“RTM”) of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4. For Team Foundation Server, this means moving data from Team Foundation Server 2008 to Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 2 and then eventually to Team Foundation Server 2010 RTM. Most importantly this means source code, work items, tests, builds and the warehouse.
• We give you permission to use Beta 2 to create applications using runtimes which are “go live.” For example, the .NET Framework 4 is “go live” for beta2 and you can create applications both for internal use and external use. See the license terms for more details, including pre-release notifications and other details for distribution.
• Our Support team is staffed to help support Beta 2 if you encounter problems. If you plan to use Beta 2 for “go live” please send email to vsgolive@microsoft.com so that we can register you for beta level support.
• Another option for requesting assistance is to visit MSDN Forums. The MSDN Forums are frequented by Microsoft MVP’s and members of the product group, and are a great place to search for issues submitted by others which might match problems you encounter.
• You should take adequate measures to back up and protect your data prior to upgrading to Beta 2. You should also have an ongoing data backup and protection plan in place during your use of Beta 2.

If you have a mixed Java / .NET development environment, you should check it out - its beautiful!  You can find TeamPrise here.

Come to this presentation to learn how Visual Studio 2010 has been enhanced to enable you to deliver modern, high quality applications to your organisation. We will tell you what you need to know before the launch of Visual Studio 2010 (March 22nd, 2010).  Don’t miss Readify’s product demonstrations of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, MTLM and enhanced capabilities of Team Foundation Server.
 

Agenda

Why Visual Studio 2010? (70 min)
           For the new Microsoft platform
           To minimise business risk and increase software quality
Why now? (30 min)
           Understand the new Visual Studio product family
           Learn about the new MSDN benefits!
           The ‘Ultimate offer’ – ending March 22nd 2010
Q&A and Close (10 min)

Dates

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