I was fortunate to participate in several MSDN podcasts on the subject of model-driven development with such industry luminaries as Jack Greenfield, Steven Kelly, Mauro Regio and Brian Selic. I was the voice of the average joe schmo developer trying to make sense out of all the amazing things these other panelists had to say. It was both fun and a bit intimidating at the same time. It was also quite popular with the listening audience - these podcasts received thousands of downloads.

Well I just noticed that the podcasts have been transcribed, and the transcriptions are available on MSDN here:

Model-Driven Development (Part 1)
Model-Driven Development (Part 2)

Although the transcription is a bit mangled in some places, they generally did a good job of capturing what was said. Of course, you can always listen to the original podcasts:

ARCast 5: Model-Driven Development
ARCast 6: Model-Driven Development

At first I didn't like the Microsoft Solution Framework (MSF). All I had to go on was the MSF process guidance and whatever was floating around in blogs and forums. It all seemed rather obscure and vague. However, as I work with the process template I'm starting to develop a new appreciation for it. Although the process guidance has plenty of room for improvement, and the MSF CMMI template is overkill for most situations, the work items and reports in the MSF Agile template are actually quite useable.

I was poking around the blogosphere when I came across a series of posts from Clara Oscura. She has done a fine job of clarifying the terms and concepts used in MSF. I hope her work makes it into the MSF process guidance.

MSF: Tracks, workstreams, activities, areas and iterations
MSF: Tracks, workstreams, activities, areas and iterations (II)
MSF: Tracks, workstreams, activities, areas and iterations (III)

Thanks for the nice work Clara!