ATTN: Meeting Date Change | Cameron Skinner Unveils VS 2010 Architecture Tools: Wednesday April 28th

Date/Time (ATTENTION--DATE CHANGE):
Wednesday April 28th, 6PM, Polaris Microsoft Office (4th Floor)

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT, SO WE CAN HAVE AN ACCURATE COUNT OF PEEPS FOR FOOD:  http://www.usergroupsupportservices.com/UGEventView.ugss?EventID=9416

Agenda:
Have you ever had to work with a legacy codebase? Designing new functionality on existing applications can be daunting. There are always differences between the original design and the current implementation. The new Architecture tools within Visual Studio 2010 help you to understand the application you have, design new functionality you need, and validate that your design and your implementation do not deviate. Join us for a look at the new code visualization, UML, and architectural validation tools which allow you to model domain-specific problem domains and maintain proper control and visibility of your software systems.

Biography:
Cameron Skinner joined Microsoft in 2005 and is currently a product unit manager on the Visual Studio team. He is responsible for overseeing the Visualization and Architecture capabilities found in Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Skinner was the CTO and chief architect of application development tools for Embarcadero Technologies. Earlier in his career, he served as CTO for Advanced Software Technologies. In his limited spare time, Mr. Skinner enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, Crossfit, and playing his acoustic bass. Find out what Cameron is doing by following him on Twitter and his blog.

Sponsors:
COALMG
CONDG
Microsoft

March Meeting Recap: Agile with TFS 2010 with Jeff Hunsaker

Thank you for coming and participating in probably one of the most engaging and interactive sessions we've had at COALMG. You made it great! Thanks to Aaron Bjork who created the original slide deck and to our sponsors last night: Cardinal Solutions and Microsoft.

Keep an eye on the blog for announcements on our next meeting. Likely, we'll switch to a date the week of April 26th for a special visitor from Redmond.

I've posted the slide deck here and you can review Aaron's Scrum presentation page here.