Gayathri Devi (GD) Senior Program Manager Agile Development, Design and Project Management in Visual Studio Team System 2008 where technology meets process Khalid Abdul Hai Architect & Lead Wipro Technologies

Your opinion counts… Process is a necessary evil in projects: Yes No May be Opinion Poll 1 1

Are you 'Process' driven ? Various Software Development Methodologies Various Software Process Models Problems & Challenges Pros & Cons of “heavy-weight” methodologies “To-Be” Or “Not-To-Be”

Introducing “Agile” What is “Agile”? Various Agile Methodologies Bend it like Agile

Your opinion counts… Does Agile look promising? Yes No May be Opinion Poll 2 2

The Agile Manifesto Customer satisfaction by rapid, continuous delivery of useful software Working software is delivered frequently (weeks rather than months) Working software is the principal measure of progress Even late changes in requirements are welcomed Close, daily, cooperation between business people and developers Face-to-face conversation is the best form of communication Projects are built around motivated individuals, who should be trusted Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design Simplicity Self-organizing teams Regular adaptation to changing circumstances We solemnly swear

The Agile Manifesto People vs. Processes Working Software vs. Documentation Customer Collaboration vs. Contract Negotiation Embracing Change vs. Following a plan In a nut-shell

Your opinion counts… Who is important – customer or employees? Customers Employees Any other? Opinion Poll 3 3

Agile – Keywords Customer satisfaction Teamwork Simplicity Adaptive Iterative (small increments) Collaborative Minimal planning Dynamic requirements COMMUNICATION Small is beautiful

Agile – Team formation Team composition Cross-functional Self-organizing Accountable No corporate hierarchy Small teams Collocated in a single open office Will contain a customer rep. Unity in Diversity

Agile & Others Other Methods Plan driven / Disciplined Predictive: Focus on planning the future in detail Time Period is measured in months Time period is not so strict Unplanned / undisciplined Adaptive: Adapting quickly to changing realities Time Period is measure in weeks Time period is treated strictly as Time box Compare & Contrast Vs Agile

Your opinion counts… Can Agile processes be automated? Yes No Not all Opinion Poll 4 4

Agile Automation Project Management - Microsoft Project Configuration Management – Microsoft VSS Collaboration – Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Services Database Design – MS SQL Development – MS VS IDE A stock check

Microsoft Framework A walk through the memory lane 1993 – MSF – MSF – MSF – MSF – MSF – MSF 4.2 Solutions Development Discipline Designing Component Solutions Principles of Infrastructure Deployment Principles of Application Development Principles of Component Design Principles of Enterprise Architecture MSF4 for Agile Software Development MSF4 for CMMi

A one stop shop…VSTS? Visual Studio Team System VSTS – Application Life Cycle Management Tool Scale & Geography are not necessarily barriers to project success

VSTS – Team Foundation Server TFS for software and non-software projects Supports Agile concepts

Process Enacted In Cycles

Process Enacted By Tooling

Supporting Heterogeneous Development Web Access Client for NON-development roles Eclipse integration as partner solution for heterogeneous environments

Document For The Auditor …because there is a complete audit trail on all the tasks, code and tests… Capturing evidence does not have to be a manual process,...

How Far Can We Get In The Available Time? Work planned Work completed

How Effectively Is Our (Outsourced) Team Delivering? Test rates (pass, inconclusive, fail) shown in bars Against code coverage, … code churn, … and active bugs

Your opinion counts… Has VSTS come to stay? Yes No Can’t say Opinion Poll 5 5

References VSTS What is VSTS ? Bridging the Distance List of software development philosophies VSTS Team Explorer about about.aspx The New Methodology Using an Agile Software Process with Offshore Development

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