Software the Agile Way....

Step 1: Identify the Problem Step 2: Work Out the Major Factors Involved Step 3: Identify Possible Causes Step 4: Analyze Your Diagram Depending on the complexity and importance of the problem, you can now investigate the most likely causes further. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_03.htm http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-decision-maker/create-fishbone-diagrams-with-the-xmind-open-source-tool/

TFS infrastucture  For PROD, you may like to have Nightly Builds, for Development you want to have a build triggered at every check-in and so on…  These builds require a build server.  You can use 1 build server for all the builds or you can have a separate build server for each Repository, or you can share build server between 2 repositories. The decision to use one-build server or more depends on the peak-load, expected build queue, h/w infrastructure and a lot of other parameters.  If you do not want build services, you do not need to configure a build server at all. http://www.codetails.com/2013/11/23/team-foundation-server-understanding-the-architecture/   Set Up a Dedicated Build Server Installs the build service on the team's build server Set Up the Drop Folders A folder where the Team Foundation build service can drop the builds. Give the folder permissions to the server that runs the build service Create the Continuous-Integration Build Cre

Goals:  what do you want to get out of the negotiation? What do you think the other person wants? Trades:  What do you and the other person have that you can trade? What do you each have that the other wants? What are you each comfortable giving away? Alternatives:  if you don't reach agreement with the other person, what alternatives do you have? Are these good or bad? How much does it matter if you do not reach agreement? Does failure to reach an agreement cut you out of future opportunities? And what alternatives might the other person have? Relationships:  what is the history of the relationship? Could or should this history impact the negotiation? Will there be any hidden issues that may influence the negotiation? How will you handle these? Expected outcomes:  what outcome will people be expecting from this negotiation? What has the outcome been in the past, and what precedents have been set? The consequences:  what are the consequences for you of winning or losing this