NextGentel needs help to improve (the obvious?)

My local broadband provider sent me an email today, or six of the same emails where the subject says "Help us getting better" (in support). Start by fixing you spam-agent :-D

Preparing for Sharepoint 2010 Exams

Some nice articles about SP 2010 and the exams, posted mostly as a "note to self".

4 exams for SharePoint 2010, the blog entries at the bottom here should give you a good basis.
70-667 TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
70-668, PRO: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Administrator
70-573, TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Application Development
70-576, PRO: Designing and Developing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Applications

The site shopsharepoint.com/blog.aspx has published a series of blogs regarding the above exams.

#01 - Content Organizer Feature

#02 - Crawl Rule Vs Crawl Impact Rule

#03 - Enable anonymous authentication for a web application

#04 - Understanding Policies in Sharepoint 2010

#05 - Closer Look @ Web Application General Settings

#06 - Resource Throttling

#07 - Sharepoint Designer Setting in webserver

#08 - Sharepoint 2010 Backup Techniques in Central Administrator

#09 - Unattached Content database

#10 - Site Actions >> Audit Log

#11 - Administrative Reports

The Agile Principles and The Agile Manifesto

The Agile Principles

1. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.
2. Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer's competitive advantage.
3. Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference to the shorter timescale.
4. Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
5. Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done.
6. The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation.
7. Working software is the primary measure of progress.
8. Agile processes promote sustainable development.
9. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
10. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
11. Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.
12. The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams.
13. At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly.

The Agile Manifesto

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

All of the above is taken from www.agilealliance.org but it looks better formatted this way :-)