Team Foundation Server Projects

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Team Foundation Server Team Projects

Adopting Visual Studio Team System 2008

Mickey Williams Director, Center of [email protected]


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Team Projects Overview Strategies

Process Guidance Template Options MSF Comparing Agile and CMMI Third parties Customization

Agenda


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Team Project Overview


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Server-side host for VSTS work Server container for team collaboration Generally contains multiple solutions

Includes all aspects of VSTS: SharePoint team site Work item tracking Team source control Reporting Testing Builds

Team Projects


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Frequently asked questions: When do I branch code? When do I create a new team project? When should I add iterations? What should impact my decision?

Team Project Strategies


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Impact points Documents in SharePoint Work items Source code Report data (build/test data) Project staffing

Security boundaries Release coupling



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Point release: V1 -> V1.1 Favor a new iteration

In most cases Maintains cohesion with existing project state

All of the following remain intact and connected: Workitems SharePoint docs Source code Process Reports Team members



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Major release: V1 -> V2 May favor a new team project

Major release boundary suggests major changes

All of the following will be decoupled between team projects: Workitems SharePoint docs Source code Process Reports Team members



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Strategy for an aggregated software release Software releases that consist of multiple sub projects Projects may be capable of standalone operation Some common interaction or branding (Microsoft Office)

Options: One large team project

Multiple areas

Multiple team projects Dependencies between projects



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One team project with multiple areas

Pros Reports roll up all activity Work item integration Shared docs All source code is under the same folder Project/excel integration for the whole system

Cons Security may be more complex Reports and metrics have a tendency to comingle Iterations generally must be aligned Lack of isolation Must use the same process for all sub-projects



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Multiple team projects

Pros Security Isolation Process is specific to each team Scheduling

Cons Isolation Reporting - all new reports needed for rollup Cross-reference projects Project/excel integration for the whole system



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Team Projects Overview Strategies

Process Guidance Template Options MSF Comparing Agile and CMMI Third parties

Customization

Agenda


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MSF

MSF for AgileSoftware Dev MSF for CMMI

Third-PartyOfferings

In-HouseCustomizations

MSF as a Family of Processes


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Iterative and incremental Scenario-driven

Small teams Common theme for Agile processes Large projects utilize a team of teams approach

Quality of Service requirements Risk awareness and management Utilizes a context-driven testing approach

MSF for Agile Software Development


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CMMI Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI ) Organized by Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Model for continuous improvement of capability and maturity

MSF for CMMI Help organizations work towards CMMI level 3 Most of 21 process areas covered Template designed for lighter bureaucracy and documentation No guarantee for receiving of appraisal

Elaborates on the MSF for Agile Development process More work items Extensive reporting

MSF for CMMI Process Improvement


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MSF Agile Evolve and adapt Ideal for competitive environments Rely on People

Plan as you go

Agile vs. CMMI

MSF CMMI

Plan and optimize Ideal for regulated environments Rely on process

Plan in advance


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Process guidance templates are easily customized

Two Scrum process guidance templates available: eScrum

From Microsoft Used internally on various projects

Current release challenging to install on TFS 2008 Scrum for Team System

From Conchango Third release, very polished Very easy to install and use

Third-Party Process Guidance


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Creating and configuring team projects

Demo


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Questions?