We decided to try a brand new concept for the next Agile Q&A Panel.

It is called the Agile Buffet Table and will be held on May 24th, Thursday.

The topic of the webinar will evolve around the fact that you don’t need to follow all agile principles per se. Instead you can create and implement a process that matches your own needs. Take a look at the agenda for the webinar and see what’s in it for you.

1. What is a buffet?
2. Understanding the buffet table – knowing what to choose from
3. Filling your plate – how to choose ...

After the last TeamPulse release, you have the chance to use an upgraded version of the Ideas & Feedback Portal that allows you to fully style the portal and get closer to your company’s look and feel.

Here is the original look of the feedback portal.

And this is the customized feedback portal of Test Studio for iOS.

They launched the portal as soon as they launched their testing tool for iOS so they can capture customers’ feedback, requests and ideas to make their product better and according to their clients’ needs. 

Test Studio committed to its purple & ...

A few days ago the nominations for the CodeProject.com Reader’s Choice Awards 2012 were announced.

We are extremely happy that our agile project management tool Telerik TeamPulse is among the nominees in the Application Lifecycle Management category.

Hooray!

Please vote for TeamPulse in the ALM category here.

Just to remind you that recently TeamPulse introduced a deeper integration with Telerik’s automated testing tool Test Studio which further helped us with this nomination. Thanks to the tight integration between the two you can now ensure that all your requirements are properly defined, tested and that all bugs are captured and managed ...

We are very happy to announce that our agile project management software Telerik TeamPulse was awarded with a GIDS 2012 Award in the Collaboration Solution category at the Great Indian Developer Summit.

This award is a great honor for our team. It recognizes our solution as one that enhances team productivity and collaboration which is the core of our own development process.

Just to remind you about our greatest assets in terms of improving collaboration – integration with Microsoft Lync, email notifications, and of course our feedback portal extension.

The Ideas & Feedback Portal allows you to successfully capture customer ...

Listen to Part 2 of our Agile Q&A Panel with Phil Japikse, Steve Porter and Joel Semeniuk

Additional resources:
TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer

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About the guests:

Joel Semeniuk

Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years ...

In this blog post, we continue to customize the TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal. It is important to have a deep understanding of JavaScript and CSS before taking on the examples that are shown here. However, if something were to go amiss, the TeamPulse team has made it easy to revert your changes and restore the site to the original JavaScript and CSS.

This post only shows some of the power behind the advanced settings. Feel free to experiment to create your own unique design. After all, you are only one click away from restoring the Portal if you make a mistake.

Advanced Settings on the Customize ...

With the latest release of TeamPulse, we now offer the ability to significantly update the look and feel for the Ideas & Feedback Portal.  This will allow you to brand the portal to seamlessly blend in with your own product branding, providing a more consistent user experience.  The team has created two different mechanisms for customization.  Based on customer feedback, the development team has created a new page that allows basic and advanced changes. This post will cover the basic customizations.

The Default Portal Look and Feel

For reference, here is the default, “out of the box” portal.  (Don’t ...

Listen to Part 1 of our Agile Q&A Panel with Phil Japikse, Steve Porter and Joel Semeniuk

Additional resources:
Register for the next Agile Q&A Panel
TeamPulse Best Practices Analyzer

Follow us on twitter: @ZeroToAgile

About the guests:

Joel Semeniuk

Joel Semeniuk is a founder of Imaginet Resources Corp., a Canadian based Microsoft Gold Partner. Currently, Joel is also serving as an Executive VP at Telerik in charge of the Agile Project Management Division. He is also a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP Microsoft ALM and has a degree in Computer Science. With over 18 years of experience, ...

Listen to Part 2 of Phil's discussion with Pete Brown and Rachel Appel on how to Know Thy Customer.

Additional resources:
Know Thy Customer (blog by Joel Semeniuk)
TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal

Did you miss the first part of the podcast? >> Know Thy Customer - Part 1 with Pete Brown and Rachel Appel

Follow us on twitter: @ZeroToAgile

Who are our customers? What are they looking for? These are some of the hardest questions to answer in the software industry. Join Phil as he talks with two senior Microsoft evangelists, Peter Brown and Rachel Appel, about how they connect with their customers in one of the largest developer communities in the world.

Additional resources:
Know Thy Customer (blog by Joel Semeniuk)
TeamPulse Ideas & Feedback Portal

About the guests:

Pete Brown

Pete Brown is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft, leading the Developer Community team, as well as a former Microsoft Silverlight MVP, INETA ...