teambuilding

Best way to strengthen teamwork between development and QA departments?

I work as the Sysadmin for both the development and QA departments of a software development company. I support both teams equally. Recently I was asked for some ideas on how to improve inter-team communication. First, what are some ways to improve the relationship between a development and QA team, from the developer's point of view? ...

TeamBuild - Is it possible to choose what projects to compile at build-time?

I am automating my build process using TeamFoundation and I need to choose what projects to compile according to the .proj file from the build. Here is the full scenario: I have a .proj file which uses a .sln file in order to compile a solution which contains 2 websites. The .sln file is configured to compile both websites in Release co...

TFS Build Agent not responding

Hello, I came across an issue I can't resolve, here are the details: I am using TFS2008 in my APPTier and in my Build Agent. Initially I installed everything in the Apptier server (including the build agent), and I was able to start an build in the Apptier(and build) server. Now, I have to create a new Build agent in a different server...

Bringing a team together - what are programmers looking for?

I come from an IT/business background, but I'm not a programmer. Recently, I've been aproached to head up projects that require software development. On the same token, this has led me to spend more time developing business ideas that revolve around a developed software or web development. Because I'm not a programmer, but am technica...