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Agile Project Management using Team Foundation Server 2015

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Authors:
  1. Joachim Rossberg

    1. Goteborg, Sweden

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  • This book will help you get started with agile project management using Microsoft’s latest releases of its marketing leading Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2015, and Visual Studio Online (VSO)
  • Demonstrates agile concepts and how these can be implemented using TFS/VSO
  • Covers how to set up an agile project from scratch and manage it over its lifecycle

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 1-18

  3. An Overview of TFS

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 19-35

  4. Introduction to Scrum and Agile Concepts

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 37-64

  5. Work Items and Process Templates

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 65-85

  6. Customizing the Process Template in TFS

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 87-115

  7. Agile Practices in TFS

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 117-129

  8. Metrics in Agile Projects

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 131-145

  9. Agile Project Management in TFS

    • Joachim Rossberg
    Pages 147-186

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-189
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About this book

This book will help you get started with agile project management using Microsoft’s latest releases of its market-leading Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2015, and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). The book demonstrates agile concepts and how to implement them using TFS/VSTS.

Many organizations are using agile practices today. Agility has become a key enabler for running better projects with more successful end results and high quality output. At the same time, adoption of TFS/VSTS has increased dramatically, from being just a new version control system in the very beginning to becoming the fully-featured market leader it is today.

In order to benefit the most from agile practices you need an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) toolset that supports your way of working. With TFS/VSTS, Microsoft has provided a powerful tool that is very customizable. This book shows you how you can use TFS/VSTS to implement many agile practices and how they fit into a well-thought-out ALM implementation.

The book also shows how an agile product owner can work with TFS/VSTS to setup an agile project from scratch and how to continue using TFS/VSTS throughout the whole project to track progress, create and refine the backlog, and work with Kanban and Scrum Task boards.

Keeping track of progress is important in any project. TFS/VSO includes many tools which will help you to track key metrics in an agile project. Many useful reports are available out of the box, and the TFS extensibility offers several ways to further customize reporting to fit your needs.



What You Will Learn:
  • Agile Concepts and Processes
  • How TFS/VSO supports agile processes end to end
  • How you can customize TFS/VSO to better support your processes
  • How to set up an agile project from scratch and manage it over its lifecycle




Authors and Affiliations

  • Goteborg, Sweden

    Joachim Rossberg

About the author

Joachim Rossberg has authored six books for Apress. He has worked as an IT consultant since 1998. He is primarily a Product Owner, agile coach 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 and has achieved the following distinctions: MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, and MCSE. His specialties include agile project management, ALM process, and Team Foundation Server. Joachim is now working for Solidify in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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