Professional Scrum with team foundation server 2010 / Steve Resnick, Aaron Bjork, Michael de la Maza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resnick, Steve.

Contributor:

Bjork, Aaron.

De la Maza, Michael, Ph. D.

Series:

Programmer to programmer.

Wrox guides Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scrum (Computer software development).

Agile software development.

Teams in the workplace.

Microsoft Visual studio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis, Ind. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Professional guidance on using Microsoft's Visual Studio toolset for agile project management Focusing on both process and results, this professional guide offers a practical approach to running agile software projects using Visual Studio's project management templates and tools. You'll first get a thorough overview of the interaction between traditional, scrum-based agile development techniques and the Microsoft Soutions Framework, before drilling down into the detail. The book covers tools, best practices, key templates, key data, team and process models, necessary tracking assets-a

Contents:

Professional Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Shipping Software; What Do You Need to Ship Software?; Vision; Insight; Resources; Planning; Product Features; Approaches to Project Management; Scrum; Microsoft Solutions Framework; The Waterfall Method; Comparing Methodologies; Product Definition; Adaptability; Scheduling; People; Documentation; Project Duration; Summary; Chapter 2: Organizing a Scrum Team; Scrum Roles; The ScrumMaster; The Product Owner; Team Members; Scaling a Scrum Team; Team Specialization; The Scrum of Scrums Meeting

The Product BacklogSprint Synchronization; Common Architecture; Comparing MSF and Scrum; The Product Manager; The Program Manager; The Development Manager; Quality Assurance Manager; The Training Manager; Release Management; IT Roles in Scrum; The Project Manager; The Architect; Release Management; The QA Manager; Transitioning to Scrum; Increasing User Involvement; Decreasing Documentation; Simplifying the Schedule; Finding Problems Earlier; Summary; Chapter 3: Tracking What's Important in Team Foundation Server; Understanding Your Data in TFS; Reporting Capabilities in TFS; Choosing Scrum

Scrum ArtifactsThe Product Backlog; The Sprint Backlog; The Sprint Burndown; The Release Burndown; Scrum Activities; The Release Planning Meeting; Backlog Grooming; The Sprint; The Sprint Planning Meeting; The Daily Scrum; The Sprint Review; The Sprint Retrospective; Summary; Chapter 4: Getting Started with the TFS Scrum Template; Getting Started with the Scrum Template; Downloading and Installing the Scrum Template; Importing the Scrum Template into TFS; Creating a New PBI; Understanding Releases; The Release Planning Meeting; Acceptance Criteria; Other PBI-Related Information

Planning PokerThe Release Burndown Chart; The Release Goal; The Importance of Shipping Software; The Importance of Quality; Ensuring Repeatability; Understanding Sprints; Summary; Chapter 5: Work Items, Queries, and Reports; Work Items; The Area Path and Iteration Path Fields; Product Backlog Items; Tasks; Sprints; Impediments; Bugs; Test Cases; Shared Steps; Work Item Queries; Query Types; Work Item Queries; Reports; Scrum Reports; Engineering Reports; Building Custom Reports; Summary; Chapter 6: The Product Backlog; Managing the Product Backlog; Creating and Prioritizing PBIs

Choosing a Tool for Creating PBIsThe PBI Workflow; Prioritizing PBIs; Documenting PBIs; Linking Artifacts: PBIs, Tasks, and Bugs; Linking PBIs to Test Cases; Linking PBIs to Bugs; Linking Bugs to PBIs; Linking Bugs to Test Cases; Linking PBIs to Tasks; Linking Tasks to PBIs; Linking Tasks to Bugs; Using the Unfinished Work Query; Understanding Impediments; Summary; Chapter 7: Tracking Quality; Knowing What to Measure; Tracking and Resolving Bugs and Tasks; The Workflow for Resolving Bugs; Entering Bugs; Viewing the Bug List; The Workflow for Tasks; Entering Tasks; The Unfinished Work Query

Test Cases

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]) and index.

Includes index.

"Wrox programmer to programmer."

ISBN:

9786613397843

9781283397841

1283397846

9781118096338

1118096339

9781118096314

1118096312

OCLC:

757516368