Scrum Listen to the Scrum Master Toolkit Podcast In december 2020 I was interviewed for the Scrum Master Toolkit, we explored many different aspects of the Scrum Master Role, listen to all of the episodes.
Scrum Releasing the Nexus Guide 2020 Listen to the contributors discussing the latest version of the Nexus Guide.
git Can't push to GitHub "Refusing to allow an OAuth App to create or update workflow without workflow scope" When any of your commits contain a new or updated GitHub Action, you need to have the `workflow` scope to push these changes. Git Credential Manager for Windows doesn't request this.
Tips 'n Tricks Automatically add referral tag to URLs with Clipboard Fusion Recently Microsoft introduced the Docs & Learn program. You, the MVP and content creator, get a unique identifier to add to any url linking to a number of Microsoft websites, and they automatically track the engagement you generate.
azure-repos Rename your master branch in Azure Repos Renaming your master branch in Azure Repos could be as simple as a few clicks. But if you have complex policies or permissions in place, it may be a little more work. To rename your master branch you have to create a new branch and then delete the old one:
git Rename your master branch to something better I just went through my GitHub repositories to rid them of the master branches. It was a relatively simple process that took me about an hour or 2 for all my repositories. Scott Hanselman explains the base process. It's a simple set of steps to create a new branch with
azure-artifacts Create an Organization level feed in Azure Artifacts A while ago the Azure DevOps team has removed the option to create "Organization level feeds" in Azure Artifacts. This move matches many previous efforts to isolate "projects" in Azure DevOps to make things less confusing and easier to migrate.
Azure DevOps Pipelines What to do when your build hangs on the Hosted Pool... When your build freezes and you can't remote into the agent... You're basically blinded...
Tips 'n Tricks Enable your custom background on Microsoft Teams Microsoft just shipped an update for Microsoft Teams. It has the option to insert one of a set of predefined images. And a hidden one to add your own!
TFS Migration Package Feeds consuming most data in Azure DevOps Server The Collection database of a client saw some explosive growth and I was asked to figure out where the storage had gone to.
git Configure Tower to use the new Windows Terminal The new Windows Terminal is almost done and the most recent build fixes the one bug that kept me from using it.
Tools My tools of trade Another two-and-a-half years have flown by and that means I've just received my new laptop. My Dell Precision 5520 has been traded in for a Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 2 and I've just finished putting most op my must have tools on it.
Agile Many funny agile movies Some people just happen to learn more from short movie clips. And they can be a great way to bring some humor in. Please add your suggestions in the comments below. Scrum for SchmucksMy brutally honest summary of the Scrum framework for the typical dumb schmuck in the street.YouTube
msbuild Featured 99% of code isn't yours Your own 1% is under source control, but are you keeping taps on all of the libraries you import each time you do a dotnet restore or npm install?
Scrum Focus on what was "Done" during Sprint Review As Scrum Trainer I get to meet a lot of teams and hear of many different ways to do Scrum. Most are valid ways, yet some seem more aligned with the values of Scrum or the purpose of the specific Scrum Element. In this post we'll have a look at the Sprint Review.
Scrum Agile is dead?! Long live Agile Last week I presented at Techorama 2019 in Ede, The Netherlands. A topic near to my heart, a reply to so many of the people saying that Agile is dead. Or Scrum or that SRE is the new DevOps.
git Launch WSL bash prompt from Tower When you launch a terminal from Tower, it launches an included MingW bash shell. Now that Windows 10 ships with the Windows Subsystem for Linux it would be nice to use that bash shell instead. My first attempts at launching WSL failed miserably [https://superuser.com/questions/1380488/opening-a-wsl-shell-from-another-windows-application/1380499#
Azure DevOps Pipelines Solving TFVC error TF14067 and Azure Pipelines When this happens you'll see the following cryptic error message that mentions: A path you are absolutely certain exists; A workspace name that was created minutes before when the build agent initialized; TF14067.
Azure DevOps Configuring standard policies for all repositories in Azure Repos By default you can only configure policies on specific branches in Azure Repos. If you're using a strict naming pattern for your branches (Release Flow or GitHub Flow), you may want to set a policy for all future Release Branches, or all Feature branches.
Mob Programming All about remote pair programming and mobbing Lisette Sutherland is a long-time remote worker with lots of experience and host of the Collaboration Superpowers Podcast. From the US, working from The Netherlands she is living the remote life. Lisette and I met (in person) at the nlscrum Meetup in Amsterdam [https://www.meetup.com/nlscrum/events/245661933/
git Setting default repository permissions on your Azure DevOps Organization There is no UI to set the security at the Organization level. This is fine if you're happy with the default security settings in Azure DevOps, but if you want certain settings to apply to all projects, then it's sometimes useful to set the permissions at the Organization level.
Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) Workspace management tips for TFVC Workspaces are maybe the least understood feature in TFVC (Team Foundation Version Control). They're a great way to isolate different sets of files and changes from TFVC repositories.
Scrum Featured Scaling Scrum to the limit You’re likely to have been asked the question: “we need to go faster, how many more people do we need?” Most people naturally understand that just adding a random number of people isn’t likely to make us any faster in the short run. So how do you scale Scrum to the limit? And what are those limits?
Visual Studio 2017 Use Visual Studio 2017 or 2019 as merge tool in Tower > Updated with Visual Studio 2019 support. I recently started using Tower as my Git client in Windows, it's great in many aspects, but it doesn't ship with any Diff/Merge capabilities. It relies on 3rd party tool to supply that feature. It comes with a long list of supported tools,
