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Strategies for Adopting Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Tech·Ed  North America 2009 1/17/2019 6:01 PM Strategies for Adopting Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Jeff Levinson ALM Practice Lead Northwest Cadence Session Code: DTL202 © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Who Is Driving Change? And Why? Tools not meeting needs Project management Change management Quality issues Traceability Business Value Strategic Goals Better Predictability Better Visibility Regulatory Issues

What Does Team Foundation Server Offer? Robust version control Process integration Work tracking Project management integration Advanced Reporting Automated build engine Easy extensibility

Rules of Thumb Have a long-term plan in mind, but… work from short term goals and make incremental changes Be prepared to make corrections Sooner the mistake is admitted, the less damage will be done Don’t implement processes “because” This is the number one guaranteed way to fail Make sure the changes are measurable Management always wants concrete results and so do you…

Where to Start? Version Control Work Items Automated Builds STOP. TAKE STOCK. CHANGE AS NEEDED. Work Items With a very basic process… …and reports Automated Builds Increment the process

Strategies – Version Control Move history? If you don’t have to, don’t Keep an online backup of the legacy system Remove all permissions except “Read” Branching? The tool makes a difference here Design a strategy Don’t use both tools at once If you can avoid it

Strategies – Version Control (cont.) Implement version control policies Install the power tools on every dev’s machine Code Comments Associate with Work Items Additional policies as capability increases Tests Code Analysis Custom Path

demo Version Control

Strategies - Work Items Start small Grow usage as the team matures Use reports to determine compliance Remaining Work report first Guidance: Don’t inject complex processes Use Title, state, description Use Requirement/Scenario and Task to start with Using MS Project? Take into account resources

Strategies - Reporting Reporting is for improving the process Don’t use reports for performance metrics Reports guide the process Reports take a couple of months to provide useful information Manage reports actively Start with the Remaining Work report Start simple Customize reports through Excel The data warehouse provides great data

demo Work Items & Reports

Strategies - Automated Builds Fastest way to improve quality Find and fix integration bugs quickly No more “it works on my machine” Combined with unit testing provides quality indicators Enable CI, Nightly, Weekly and Promotion builds Also generates manifests for each build

demo Automated Builds

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