I stumbled on an interesting new book coming out in May from APress.  It’s called Enterprise Development With Visual Studio .NET, UML and MSF by Carsten Thomsen and John Eric Hansen.  It’s quite a monster too, weighing in at 888 pages.  I've been working with UML (even got certified) and software development processes (Scrum, XP, Lean) for some time now.  I would like to see this book integrate both of those with actual programming and code.

The book description on Amazon:

“Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF” is for programmers dealing with or those that have an interest in developing Enterprise .NET solutions. It will guide readers through all aspects of Enterprise modeling, from design considerations and project management design processes to modeling a .NET solution using UML.

In today's IT world the need for complex solutions designed the right way and delivered on time is a success factor for the entire Enterprise. "Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF" will help readers succeed by providing them with guides and examples that they can use in their own .NET projects. It will cover the Microsoft Solutions Framework and how to benefit from this process when designing. Programmers can also use this book as a reference or as a step-by-step guide for creating Enterprise solutions the right way with design processes, UML, .NET Framework, and C# and VB .NET.

I have high hopes for this book and can’t wait to read it to see if it delivers!