Maurice Driessen
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A reading list on Microservices Architecture
When I wanted to dive into and understand Microservices Architecture the following reading list was suggested to me: Life beyond Distributed Transactions:an Apostate’s Opinion by Pat Helland This paper explores and names some of the practical approaches used in the implementations of large-scale mission-critical applications in a world which rejects distributed transactions. It discusses the…
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Getting Started with Build vNext on TFS2015RC
Because my experience with regard to the deployment and configuration of a Build vNext agent along side of my on-premise TFS2015RC test configuration which was everything but an easy walk in the park, I decided to share a little write-up about what I have discovered till today because it might be of value to anybody…
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When did you have your last check up?
I was recently re-certified as Enterprise Certified Software Engineer by Capgemini’s Global Certification Board. In this article I elaborate on how I used the Software Engineering Certification Program for my personal career development. Having a regular check up on the things that surround you has become a fact of live in our society which depends…
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How do you define scope yet remain agile?
Here is a common question I get regularly. In this case it was Howard, a co-worker from the UK: “Probably a dumb question but…how do you define scope yet remain agile? Is it woolly wording, do you define it using some kind of abstraction or do you define in terms of number of iterations? The…
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Welcome to DSEC
Hi,Welcome to DSEC, where passion meets IT. Established on March 20, 2013. .
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Going through the numbers: what kind of scope can your agile delivery platform handle anyway?
Originally published on January 9 , 2010 Today a manager asked what kind off scope and effort the Accelerated Delivery Platform could handle on a project expressed in function points. I find this a very odd question and I have always been resilient to function point analyses as an estimation technique which tries to best guess the…