Book description
Get the practical reference for using Visual Studio Team System in your software development lifecycle—and maximize project success. Designed for software project managers, this book offers straightforward product information and expert insights for collaborating with architects, developers, and testers in one integrated development environment.
Table of contents
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Managing Projects with Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Managing Software Engineering Projects
- 2. Project Management Features of Visual Studio Team System
- 3. Project Initiation
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4. Planning a Project
- Project Planning
- Planning and Visual Studio Team System
- Roles Involved in Planning
- Getting Started by Creating a Project Workbook
- Entering Requirements into Visual Studio Team System
- Providing a Rough Order of Magnitude Estimate
- Prioritizing Requirements
- Creating an Initial Iteration Plan
- Estimating Work and Scheduling with Visual Studio Team System
- Managing Risk with Visual Studio Team System
- Planning from a Technical Perspective
- Chase’s Planning Story
- Final Thoughts on Planning
- Summary
- 5. Monitoring and Controlling Project Execution
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6. Improving Your Process
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Improving your Processes and Teams
- Harvesting Lessons Learned
- Improving Your Software Development Process Over Time
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A Lightweight Process Improvement Framework
- Focus on the Goal
- Get Support from the Business
- Embrace Change
- Strive to Achieve Success
- Work as a Team of Peers
- Treat Process Improvement as a Project
- Learn from the Experience of Others
- Overview of the LPI Framework
- Roles Involved with the LPI Framework
- Initiating Process Improvement
- Planning Process Improvement
- Executing and Monitoring Process Improvement
- Reviewing and Continuation of Process Improvement
- The Story of Process Improvement for Humongous Insurance
- Summary
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Improving your Processes and Teams
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7. Tailoring Visual Studio Team System
- Overview of Visual Studio Team System Customization
- What Can You Customize?
- Customizing Existing Projects
- Customizing Process Templates
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The Process Template Editor
- Modifying Process Template Information
- Editing Default Work Items
- Editing Work Item Queries
- Editing Work Item Types
- Other Work Item Features in the Process Template Editor
- Editing Global Lists by Using the Process Template Editor
- Editing Classifications
- Editing Microsoft Office Project Field Mappings
- Editing Default Security Settings
- Editing Default Source Control Settings
- Editing Default SharePoint Structure and Contents
- Editing Report Listings and Parameters
- Uploading the Modified Process Template
- Tailoring Process Guidance
- Summary
- A. Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
- B. Microsoft Solutions Framework
- C. About the Authors
- Index
- About the Authors
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Product information
- Title: Managing Projects with Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2007
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735622166
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