Visual Studio 2005 Team System:

Software Project Management

Brian A WhiteMicrosoft

brianwh@microsoft.comhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brianwh/

Expanding Visual Studio

IncreasedIncreasedReliabilityReliability

QualityQualityEarly & OftenEarly & Often

PredictabilityPredictability& Visibility& Visibility

Design forDesign forOperationsOperations

ProjectProjectManagerManager

SolutionSolutionArchitectArchitect

DeveloperDeveloperTesterTester

InfrastructureInfrastructureArchitectArchitect

Visual Studio Team System

Change Management

Work Item Tracking

Reporting

Project Portal Site

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Visual StudioTeam Architect

Static Code Analyzer

Code Profiler

Unit Testing

Code Coverage

Visio and UML Modeling

Team Foundation Client (includes CAL)

Visual Studio Professional Edition

Load Testing

Manual Testing

Test Case Management

Application Designer

Logical Infra. Designer

Deployment Designer

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Jacqui AckermanProject Manager

Art BensonArchitect

Mort GainesDeveloper

Renee Davis Tester

Larry Sykes Product Manager

Project Success is Rare

Average cost overrun: 45%Time overrun: 63%Functionality delivered on average: 67%

Standish Group

2000 28%23% 49%

SucceededChallengedFailed

Source: The Standish Group International, Extreme Chaos, The Standish Group International, Inc., 2000

Project Success Factors Executive Support 18User Involvement 16Experienced Project Manager 14Clear Business Objectives 12Minimized Scope 10Standard Software Infrastructure 8Firm Basic Requirements 6Formal Methodology 6Reliable Estimates 5Other 5

Source: The Standish Group International, The Standish Report, 2001

Microsoft Solutions Framework (v4) is…

Guidance on how to organize people and projects to plan, build, and deploy technology solutions successfully and effectively

An agile software development process A formal software development process Framework for customers and partners to

implement custom software development process

MSF Agile vs. MSF FormalMSF Agile• “Evolve and adapt”• Ideal for

Competitive Environments

• Rely on People• Plan as you go

MSF Formal• “Plan and optimize”• Ideal for Regulated

Environments• Rely on Process• Plan in advance

Demo: MSF Agile

Following Best Practices• What process is the team using?• Where is the real data?• Process “manuals” quickly become out-

of-date• Process alone does not bridge gaps

Today - Project Managers Bridge Gaps

• Copy and paste• Status meetings• Translating data• Transferring work• Chasing down loose

endsJacqui AckermanProject Manager

•Between People•Between Tools

The Problem with ProcessPredictablePredictableRepeatableRepeatableProductiveProductive

Why can’t process Why can’t process helphelp productivity? productivity?

Improved Team Productivity with “Baked In” Process• What are people working on?• How does it all relate?

• Workflow followed automatically• Critical metrics captured• Up to date, public information • Nothing gets in the way • Tools for the job• Tools remember for me• Process steps close at hand

Anatomy of a Project

Project PlanProject Plan-Iterations-Dependencies-Schedule

ProcessGuidance- Process Help- Templates

Team Project&

Project Site

Demo: Visual Studio Team System andMS Project

BugsBugs

RequirementsRequirements

Issues ListIssues List

ChangeChangeRequestsRequests

CustomerCustomerRequestsRequests

What about all the other lists I manage?

Anatomy of a Project

Project Plan-Iterations-Dependencies-Schedule

Work ItemsWork Items-Requirements-Bugs-Tasks

ProcessGuidance- Process Help- Templates

Team Project&

Project Site

Demo: VSTS and MS Excel

Resolve ConflictsWork Item Publishing ErrorsWork Item Publishing Errors ?

Cancel

16 of 20 work items have published successfully. Review and resolve the following issues to publish the remaining work items.

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Local version Server version (10/04/2004 1:23 PM by monetaho)

Anatomy of a Project

Project Plan-Iterations-Dependencies-Schedule

Work Items-Requirements-Bugs-Tasks

ProcessGuidance- Process Help- Templates

Team Project&

Project Site

ReportingReporting-Available-Extensible

Visual Studio Team System Reporting• Cross Lifecycle• Customizable• Extensible

• .Work Items

(Requirements,Tasks, Bugs,

Features)

Source Code

Builds

Tests

Project Reports

Team Project

Example of cross domain report

Readily Available

Anatomy of a Project

Project PlanProject Plan-Iterations-Dependencies-Schedule

Work ItemsWork Items-Requirements-Bugs-Tasks

ProcessProcessGuidanceGuidance- Process Help- Templates

ReportingReporting-Available-Extensible

Team Project&

Project Site

Process Templates and Template Manager

• VS Menu: Team Foundation Server > Administration

Visual Studio Team System Project ManagementProductive AND Predictable Teams• Process automates transitions between

tools and the people• Your team is on the same page• You can view the data the way you want• Using the tools you want

● While others view their data in their tools• Status meetings become tactics meetings

● NO: Where are you on that?● NO: When do you think you’ll be done?● YES: How can we address the road blocks in your

way?

For More Information…• Visual Studio Team System Site

● http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem

• Project Management Newsgroupshttp://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/project manager

• Project Management Blogs● http://weblogs.asp.net/keithrowe/

• MSF Agile Web Site● http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/msfv4

Backup

Process “Baked In” - Key Concepts

Activity

Query

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Process Guidance Prescribes

VSTS Enacts

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Work Productproduces & consumes

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Advanced Compare / Merge Architecture

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1.1. Identify Identify User1 UpdatesUser1 Updates

2. Compare 2. Compare User1 User1 Updates Updates with Serverwith Server

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De fects Op enTe st Cases RunD efects/TC

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Weekly Executive Summary

MyHICPortal - Microsoft Internet Explorer

http: //humongous/myprojectportal/default.aspx

Home Project Counsel Discussions Documents Policy

Project PortalHome

Modify My Page

Home

Create New ProjectDocuments

Create a new report

Standard ReportsReports

Workflow

Project Schedule

Roles Manager

Project Portal web site provides role-based views of the development project. In addition to providing usefulinformation directly (such as the plan of record, defect trends, and other reports), it also serves as a launchingpoint for various other tools.

Links Project Management ConsoleDefect Tracking ToolMSWord Requirements TemplateHumongous Project Guidelines

Add New Link

Projects Status

Contacts

J acqueline Ackerman - Project ManagerEndicott Smith - VP Sales, Project SponsorAnna Jones - Business AnalystBert Lewis - Development ManagerBarbara Baker - Test Manager

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Specs Defects I ssues Risks Due Date Signoff4 / 4 1 /12 / 2 6/5/03 Yes

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Projects Overview

Over the past few weeks , teams have done ex traordinary work gett ing bugs resolved, triaging hard, andconsistently gett ing closer and c loser to meeting our milestone exit criteria. Ask mode has helped in keeping thebui lds work ing, and we're ready to start group checkins, after the mass i ntegration last week (Lab21, Lab22 andLab25 RI'ed in one day!). However , this is about a week and a half behind the original schedule.

Given our active bug count and incoming rates, i t's become apparent that we are not ready to start our final testpass today (6/16). Therefore, our new M2 exit path is as follows:

M2 Fork: TBD (see below) Final test pass start: 6/30 (see below) Sign off: 7/11

TeamAliasMembersCommunications

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SQL ServerSQL ServerReportingReportingServicesServices

Source CodeSource CodeControlControl

Work Item Work Item AdapterAdapter

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Partner ToolPartner ToolAA

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ExcelExcel

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