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Keepin' it real..

I am in Barcelona and going to sleep soon to get up early tomorrow. I am planning to go over to CCIB early so that I can take advantage of that free WiFi they have over there (something that our hotel doesn't have). I have decided to post the session abstracts and my personal comments on the sessions I will attend next day and reflect on them fresh after the session (or maybe during.. I'll be blogging the keynote live). Here it goes:

Monday - 11/05/2007

Keynote - 14:00-15:30

The one and only keynote, presented by Soma that we are SO looking forward to. Wouldn't want to ruin the surprise, so check back tomorrow for some live blogging from the Auditorium.

SBP207 What is Next for the .NET Framework and Distributed Applications?
Mon, Nov 5 16:00 - 17:15 Room 112
Ofer Ashkenazi, Steven Martin

What is next for .NET? What is Microsoft doing to build an integrated set of new tools that addresses challenges ACROSS the software lifecycle, from designing and building to deploying and managing? How is model-driven design going to improve the way I work every day and what is Microsoft doing to make it real? How do I connect my existing applications and platforms with new composite applications or with services provided in the cloud? All of these are important questions that we will address as we look at the present and future of the platform.

ARC202 Agile Development with Team System
Mon, Nov 5 17:45 - 19:00 Room 117
Roy Osherove

In this talk we'll explore what Agile Development is, how Agile methodologies differ from "traditional" methodologies, and find out about Scrum and Extreme Programming, two Agile methodologies which we'll compare. Finally, we'll see how Team System fits into the picture with MSF Agile and Scrum for Team System, and how you can manage projects in an agile manner, while still getting the benefits of working with team system.

There's a SOA and Business Process and an Architecture session that I plan for today. I am definitely looking forward to both. I hope to get a good overview of how Mirosoft imagines SOA in the cloud in the next 5-10 years. It is interesting to see how model-driven design is mentioned here. I think that model-driven design is not only helpful in service-oriented applications but everywhere. I hope to hear about technologies that are not yet public. We all know and love the ones that are out there today (LINQ to X, ADO.NET Entity Framework).

Roy Osherove should not need an introduction, but if it doesn't ring any bells, click the link while nobody's looking. I've been introduced to agile methodologies after my first impressions with Test-Driven Development. I liked how TDD can be part of a complete methodology. At the same time, I don't think that Extreme Programming or any other agile process could be uniformly applied to projects. I think if someone familiarizes itself with the different ideas, it can mix and change those to its own liking so that it fits the team or fits into a company's existing processses. I want to hear Roy's experience with agile methodologies at Microsoft and also see the tools that they use (Team System integration is great too)

Don't foget that I'll be blogging the keynote! Tune in at Monday 2PM GMT+1 and keep your fingers on the Refresh button. For those who consider themselves bleeding edge, follow me on twitter.

Oh and Barcelona beat Betis 3-0 ;)

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