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Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012

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  • Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 focuses on the most powerful application lifecycle management tool available for the Microsoft .NET
  • Framework: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server.

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
  2. Application Lifecycle Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Why Application Lifecycle Management Matters

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 3-20
    3. Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 21-36
    4. Development Processes and Frameworks

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 37-60
    5. ALM Assessments

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 61-74
    6. ALM Using TFS

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 75-88
  3. Planning (Agile Project Management)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
    2. Introduction to Agile

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 91-99
    3. Work Item Tracking and Process Customization

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 101-125
    4. Agile Project Management With TFS

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 127-154
    5. Metrics and ALM Assessment for Agile Project Management

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 155-171
  4. Analysis, Modeling, and Design (Architecture)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
    2. Prototyping Using Storyboarding and Feedback Tracking

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 175-187
    3. Top Down Design Studies (UML)

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 189-202
    4. Using Architecture Explorer

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 203-208
    5. Using Layer Diagrams

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 209-218
    6. Metrics and ALM Assessment for Architecture, Analysis and Design

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 219-221
  5. Building (Developer Practices)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. Version Control

      • Joachim Rossberg, Mathias Olausson
      Pages 225-250

About this book

You can have the best coders in the world working in your teams, but if your project management isn’t up to scratch, your project is almost certain to be delayed, to come in over budget, and in some cases to fail entirely. By taking precise control of your application development process, you can make changes, both large and small, throughout your project’s life cycle that will lead to better–quality finished products that are consistently delivered on time and within budget.

Application lifecycle management (ALM) is an area of rapidly growing interest within the development community. Because its techniques allow you to deal with the process of developing applications across many areas of responsibility and across many different disciplines, its effects on your project can be wide ranging and pronounced. It is a project management tool that has practical implications for the whole team—from architects to designers, from developers to testers.

Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 focuses on the most powerful ALM tool available for the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. It demonstrates the key concepts and techniques of ALM at first with a guide to the overall methodology, and then delves into architecture and testing--illustrating all of the concepts, tips and tricks using the tools TFS provides. The book serves as a complete guide to the ALM style--with no fluff and many relevant code samples and examples.

After reading the book, you will understand how TFS can be used to generate continuous meaningful reporting on your project’s health for the decision makers on your team as well as for your project’s sponsors.

About the authors

strong/strong strongJoachim Rossberg /stronghas worked as an IT consultant since 1998. He is primarily a scrum master and project manager but has an extensive history as a system developer/designer. He has demonstrated his technical background with various achievements over the years: MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, and MCSE. His specialties include project management, ALM process, and Team Foundation Server. Joachim is now working for Know IT Consulting in Gothenburg, Sweden. p

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eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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