Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Software Project Management

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Visual Studio 2005 Team SystemSoftware Project
Management

• Brian A White
• Microsoft
• brianwh_at_microsoft.com
• http//blogs.msdn.com/brianwh/

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Expanding Visual Studio
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Visual Studio Team System
Visual StudioTeam Architect
Visual StudioTeam Developer
Visual StudioTeam Test
Visual StudioTeam Foundation
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A Software Project Team
Larry Sykes Product Manager
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Project Success is Rare
Average cost overrun 45 Time overrun
63 Functionality delivered on average
67 Standish Group
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Project Success Factors
Source The Standish Group International, The
Standish Report, 2001
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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

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MSF Agile vs. MSF Formal

• MSF 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

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Demo MSF Agile
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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• Process manuals quickly become out-of-date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

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Today - Project Managers Bridge Gaps

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

• Between People
• Between Tools

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The Problem with Process
Predictable Repeatable
Productive
Why cant process help productivity?
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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

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Anatomy of a Project
Process Guidance - Process Help - Templates
Team Project Project Site

• Project Plan
• -Iterations
• Dependencies
• Schedule

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Demo Visual Studio Team System andMS Project
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What about all the other lists I manage?
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Anatomy of a Project

• Work Items
• Requirements
• Bugs
• Tasks

Process Guidance - Process Help - Templates
Team Project Project Site

• Project Plan
• -Iterations
• Dependencies
• Schedule

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Demo VSTS and MS Excel
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Resolve Conflicts
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Anatomy of a Project

• Work Items
• Requirements
• Bugs
• Tasks

Process Guidance - Process Help - Templates
Team Project Project Site

• Project Plan
• -Iterations
• Dependencies
• Schedule

• Reporting
• Available
• Extensible

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Visual Studio Team System Reporting

• Cross Lifecycle
• Customizable
• Extensible

• .

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Example of cross domain report
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Readily Available
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Anatomy of a Project

• Work Items
• Requirements
• Bugs
• Tasks

Process Guidance - Process Help - Templates
Team Project Project Site

• Project Plan
• -Iterations
• Dependencies
• Schedule

• Reporting
• Available
• Extensible

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Process Templates and Template Manager

• VS Menu Team Foundation Server gt Administration

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Visual Studio Team System Project Management

• Productive 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 youll be done?
• YES How can we address the road blocks in your
  way?

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For More Information

• Visual Studio Team System Site
• http//msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem
• Project Management Newsgroups
• http//communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/proje
  ct manager
• Project Management Blogs
• http//weblogs.asp.net/keithrowe/
• MSF Agile Web Site
• http//workspaces.gotdotnet.com/msfv4

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Backup
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Process Baked In - Key Concepts
Role
performs
permissions
Activity
Iteration
schedules
groups
reports
Query
Report
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Advanced Compare / Merge Architecture
Baseline1
User2 Updates
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User2
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Reporting Extensibility Architecture
SQL Server Reporting Services
Reporting Warehouse
Excel
Reporting Warehouse Object Model
Custom Reporting
Test/Build Adapter
Work Item Adapter
Source Code Adapter
Add-on Adapter
Partner ToolA
Build Database
Work Item Tracking
Source Code Control