Corporate Coder

Looking at the web service factory more I see some possible value.  I had problems installing the version with source,  but it turns out that it was my directory structure.  I initially used My Documents to store the project and the documentation does mention that you might get this error.  Apparently my brain was thinking this only happened to the other guy, until I finally tried in a smaller tree (c:\dev). 

Now that I've got that figured out, I'm actually following the 15 minute walkthrough on codeplex.  I believe that this process can aid agile development by creating standard structures for your projects etc.  It's an interesting demonstration of the guidance package technology. 

I do question how agile this is.  For some reason I believe we can utilize this for an agile project, but some the service factory model smacks of the architect creating the design from on high, and don't let the developers below don't muck with it.   Even if that becomes my final verdict on the service factory, I think you can create lighter guidance packages that can help do some of the more mundane work for your projects.  I'll continue to post on this new way of architecting, and guiding developers.