@Team Collaboration with Visual Studio ALM 2012

Matteo Emilihttp://blogs.ugidotnet.org/j3rhttp://mattvsts.blogspot.com

matteo.emili@domusdotnet.org@MattVSTS

Grazie agli sponsor

@Barriers among team components

Users/Stakeholders

Development Testing OperationsCost increase

Time waste

Negative feedbacks

@REQUIREMENTS

PRODUCTBACKLOG

OPSBACKLOG

MonitorImplement

WORKING SOFTWARE

DefineIdeation

DevelopIdea to working software

Unmet userexpectations

Can’t get actionable feedback

Non consistent tool• Ops readiness requirements are not met

Production incidents hard to debug and resolve

No KB management

OperateWorking software in productionValue realization

Users/Stakeholders

Development & testing

OperationsMisunderstoodrequirements

Churn in requirementsand prioritiesQuality afterthoughtNo traceabilityLoss of focus

@• Requirements changed on the run• Priorities shifted from a customer

proposal• Project Managers with no control• Poor communication• Long cycles of release

Churn in requirements and priorities

Warning

Customer dissatisfaction!

@DEMO

Reducing churn in requisited and priorities

Backlog Management via Taskboard and Agile practices

@Loss of focus

Warning

Losing focus leads to mistakes and uncertainty

Context switch is not just a code matter…

Is it going to be reflected in quality?

@DEMO

Keeping context switches to the minimum

Team Explorer and Local Workspaces to the rescue

@• Due to poor communication/involvement with the stakeholder

• Pre-sales on fire!

Unmet user expectations

Warning

Time and resource wasted

@DEMO

Involving stakeholders in the processPowerPoint Storyboarding and Feedback Client

@• «...but it works on my machine!»• «...he did that!»• «I didn’t even touch it!»

Operational requirements not met

Warning

Low quality, delay, stress!

@DEMO

Quality enhancements with Agile communication

Team Code Review in action!

@Team Foundation Server PowerTools provides us a “Team Member tab”

Integrated with Lync, MSN Messenger (for old sake)

Open Source project:http://tfscollab.codeplex.com/

Enabling direct communication

@DEMO

Direct communicationTeam Members