FASTDash: A Visual Dashboard for Fostering Awareness in Software Teams

Posted By: Charles | Sep 28th, 2006 @ 1:00 PM | 53,857 Views | 23 Comments
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server contains a wealth of project data which can be mined to help software teams achieve better productivity. In this video, Brian Keller chats with Greg Smith and Mary Czerwinski about a Microsoft Research project called FASTDash.

FASTDash is designed to help software development teams communicate and collaborate more effectively by providing a new way of viewing the source control tree. Tune in...
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#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 1:19 PM
Ion Todirel
Ion Todirel
buuu
very sweet Charles, this kind of info is exactly what i was looking those days.
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 1:20 PM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change
Brian Keller is creating some awesome content for Channel 9. Thank you, Brian!

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#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 2:13 PM
mixelz
mixelz
Nice video!

But what about when you are working on a function and as a reference you just hop to another file to see another functions implementation. I assume it will show up as if you are working on that function while you are only looking at it, I can imagine this could confuse some your co-workers.

Is it possible to use it over the internet? Lots of activity going on so if it uses allot of bandwidth, and how about security? Because using it in teams with people spread over different locations would be really useful.

Very cool concept and hope to see it in the next version of VS Smiley.

(btw, Wish I had a Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard Wink. I own a Natural Ergonomic 4000, but it's crap as I tend to push the space bar on the right en left top of the key. The space bar will then bend instead of go down. This is so annoying that I now use a Comfort Curve 2000.)
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 3:10 PM
z2bass
z2bass
AH!
ORCAS ORCAS!!!! This is super kool!!!
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 4:46 PM
Ion Todirel
Ion Todirel
buuu
hey Charles, what was in the right hand of Greg?
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 4:49 PM
T1Guy
T1Guy
This is great stuff. Thanks!
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 4:56 PM
Whoa
Whoa
Is this something we can access if we have an MSDN universal subscription?
#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 5:03 PM
Charles
Charles
Welcome Change
Ion Todirel wrote:
hey Charles, what was in the right hand of Greg?


I don't know. I wasn't there. Brian will know. Or, better yet, Greg can tell you Smiley
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#Sep 28th, 2006 @ 5:07 PM
raymond
raymond
Great video.

Are you building in metrics as to how many times a developer requests help and who responded to the request for help?

If so, are you tracking these metrics to the quality of the resulting code?

I loved the three monitor layout. They look like tablets. Are they?

While I hope it increases collaboration, I see micro-manager bosses monitoring the developers every move or key stroke. I see the potential for some real abuse.

Cool
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