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Coping with Complexity: Rants and Recommendations

Coping with Complexity: Rants and Recommendations . Billy Hollis Consultant / author / contrarian Next Version Systems DPR201. Attention!.

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Coping with Complexity: Rants and Recommendations

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  1. Coping with Complexity: Rants and Recommendations Billy Hollis Consultant / author / contrarian Next Version Systems DPR201

  2. Attention! • This presentation is a lecture, and is not based on slides. These slides are to help you understand the session, but they will not be used during the session.

  3. Caveats • This is not a code-oriented session • Notice the title: “Rants and Recommendations” • Prepare to hear some things you might not want to hear

  4. Topics • Overwhelming complexity in our industry • The “long tail” of developers • The costs of complexity • Whose fault is it? (Hint: it’s not Microsoft) • What we can do about complexity • What won’t work or isn’t working • What might work • The Simplicity Manifesto • Options for developers

  5. question & answer

  6. Required Slide Speakers, TechEd 2009 is not producing a DVD. Please announce that attendees can access session recordings at TechEd Online. Resources • www.microsoft.com/teched Sessions On-Demand & Community • www.microsoft.com/learning • Microsoft Certification & Training Resources • http://microsoft.com/technet • Resources for IT Professionals • http://microsoft.com/msdn Resources for Developers www.microsoft.com/learning Microsoft Certification and Training Resources

  7. Required Slide Speakers, please list the Breakout Sessions, TLC Interactive Theaters and Labs that are related to your session. Related Content Breakout Sessions – WUX205: Designing and Prototyping in WPF and Microsoft Silverlight: A Case Study Interactive Theater Sessions (none) Hands-on Labs (none) Hands-on Labs (none)

  8. Track Resources • Visit the DPR TLC for a chance to win a copy of Visual Studio Team Suite. Daily drawing occurs every day in the TLC at 4:15pm. Stop by for a raffle ticket • http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio • http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/teamsystem/default.mspx • Please visit us in the TLC blue area

  9. Required Slide Complete an evaluation on CommNet and enter to win!

  10. Required Slide © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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