Visual Studio 2010 Agile Tools (role based)

Visual Studio 2010Agile Tools in 15 minutes

Alexei V. GovorineALM Consultant | Cardinal Solutions Group

Visual Studio ALM MVP, Microsoft Virtual TSP

Professional Scrum Developer Trainer

[email protected]

http://govorin.blogspot.com

http://www.twitter.com/Leshka 1

© 2010 Cardinal Solutions Group

Visual Studio 2010 Agile Tools


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WHAT IS AGILE?TIMEBOX ACTIVITY – 1 MIN

Please write down a few words or sentence on what Agile means to you.



* AGILE

Agile software development focuses on regularly delivering business value. It embraces change while leveraging feedback to produce high quality, desired results.

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* Different for every company

Agile is a Movement

Represented by Methodologies & Frameworks

Comprised of a set of Development & Engineering Practices


Why Agile? (Project Challenges)



The Forrester Wave™: Agile Development Management Tools, Q2 2010, Forrester Research, Inc., May 5, 2010.



Visual Studio 2010


• No longer just a developer IDE

• TFS added server-side capability to manage the entire software lifecycle

• No need to license separate tools from HP/Mercury, IBM/Rational, Rally, etc…

• Already own with MSDN subscription


The Microsoft Approach

• Raise productivity from developer to development team

• Integration from the ground up• Team communication without barriers• Integrated quality tools for all• Leverage existing development methodology • Enable process improvement• Provide transparency to the business



As a Stakeholder, I want

• Visibility into a Project• To be Heard• Start using the final product

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer• SharePoint Dashboards, Reports• Easy Bug Filings with Work Items



As a Product Owner, I want

• ROI• Effectively to Manage Work Queue• Communicate Project Status

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer• Team Tools and Automations• Work Item and query Improvements• Reports



Ad-Hoc reports in Microsoft Excel

– Product Backlog– Iteration Backlog



As a Business Analyst, I want

• Capture Requirements• Collaborate with Team and End-Users

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer• Tools Integration• Access to Work Items• Alerts



Tree Workitem support


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As a Team (Tester), I want

• Know what to Test• Tools to Help with Testing

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer• Test Impact Analysis, IntelliTrace• Microsoft Test Manager• Team Lab



New WorkItem Types

• Test Step• Shared Steps


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As a Developer, I want

• To Know what to Develop• Tools to Assist with Development

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer


• Refactoring and Automation Tools• New Functionality: Arc\DB Tools• Workflow Based Build, Gated Checkins


As a Control Manager I want

• To Know what to Deploy• Trace Production Code to Requirements• Simplify Audit and Traceability Tasks

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Visual Studio 2010 Answer


• Work Item Queries• Build Reports• Branch Visualization


Overcome ComplexityQuality MindsetCulture of Innovation

CollaborationTransparencyIntegration

Highly integrated Productive Extensible Low admin

ClarityAlignmentEfficiency

Agile Customizable Lightweight Patterns and Practices

Focus on people, process and tools



Visual Studio ALM Solution

Increase ProjectTransparency

Facilitate TeamCollaboration

Improve SoftwareQuality

Approachable and intuitive productsTight integration across tools,process and rolesSingle integrated serverfor collaboration

Real-time reporting fromdata warehouseAudit trail for complianceImprove predictability and reduce risk

Lightweight, customizable processIntegrated quality tools for each roleReduce defects andsecurity vulnerabilities



Thank You

• @Leshka• [email protected]• http://govorin.blogspot.com

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