Managing the lifecycle of software development can be a daunting task, especially after having adopted an Agile methodology that has you moving faster than ever. That is why it is more important than ever to have the right tools in place that allow you to effectively manage all facets of your SDLC from requirements gathering to testing and deployment. In the suite of tools available in the space of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a stand out. Let us show you how your organization can benefit from the advanced capabilities and unique configurability of TFS to successfully deliver your software development projects on time and on budget.

1. Your Cloud.
Your Business.
From Drawing Board to Cloud with TFS

2. OUR MISSION, VISION & VALUES

3. TODAY’S AGENDA
1. ALM and Agile What do they mean and why do we care?
2. Why TFS It’s not just about source code anymore!
3. Stakeholders Requirements and project management.
4. Developers Development, QA, testing, and deployment.
5. Questions How can we help you take advantage of TFS?

4. Overview – Application Lifecycle Management
• The product lifecycle of delivering software applications
Specs
Priorities
QA Dev
Deploy
• Addresses governance, development and maintenance

5. Overview – Application Lifecycle Management
IT
ALM
SDL
SDLC

6. Overview – Agile Methodology
• Flexibility
• 2001 “The Agile Manifesto”
• Teams and Interactions over Process and Tools
• Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation
• Customer Collaboration over Contract Negotiation
• Responding to Change over Following “The Plan.”
• DevOps – integration between development process and operations, i.e.
your Hybrid IT
• Further Reading: 10-Year Retrospective and Keys for Success
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh350860(v=vs.100).aspx

7. Waterfall
Long Design Phase
Development Black
Box
Mad Bug
Scramble
Oops!
Business/Technology
Changed

8. Agile
Prioritize
Sprint
Plan
Iteration 1 Iteration 2
Develop
and Test
Release
Review
Sprint
Plan
Develop
and Test
Prioritize
Release Review

9. Agile vs. Waterfall (the promise)
Waterfall To Agile Result
Process and Tools Individuals and
Interactions
QA is part of the team
and not just a hand-off,
participates in estimation
Comprehensive
Documentation
Working Software Get to market faster (and
get feedback from market
quickly)
Contract Negotiation Customer Collaboration Deliver software closer to
what you want, not what
you wanted
Following a Plan Responding to Change Move from delayed
software releases to
delayed feature releases

10. Agile vs. Waterfall (the reality)
Agile Assertion Reality Result
Individuals and
Process is tough to
Interactions over Process
change, existing
and Tools
investments in tools
Pragmatic approach: use
existing processes but
subject them to change
Working Software over
Comprehensive
Documentation
Stakeholders want their
documentation
Compromise and
generate docs from
software and
requirements
Customer Collaboration
over Contract
Negotiation
Often business requires a
fixed schedule and has a
limited budget
Use prioritization to
deliver best possible
software by deadline in
budget
Responding to Change
over Following a Plan
Stakeholders need to
know major milestones
and risks
Provide real-time updates
from the process and
share updated plan

11. Team Foundation Server for ALM
• Bridge between Waterfall and Agile
• Not Just for Source Control!
• Business Analyists → Requirements Management
• Project and Product Managers → Backlog Management, Burn Down, Velocity
• QA → Test Suite, Test Cases, Automated Test Execution
• Developers → Code, Branching, Merging and COLLABORATION
• Extensibility and integration with APIs and Adapters
• On premise
• In the cloud

12. Go from this …
Requirements App
Build System
Source Control
Defect Tracking
I can’t remember 5 logins!!!
Visual Studio IDE

13. … to this
Everything in one place, in the cloud

14. “How We Build Software at Microsoft”
• http://stories.visualstudio.com/
• 3 Years to 3 Weeks
• Code is written and tested daily
• QA in Sprint to Ship Complete
• Measure Results and Feature Consumption
• Scales Across Hundreds of Developers
• Sprint Review Rollup

15. Requirements Management
• EPIC!
• … to Features
• … to User Stories with Test Cases and Acceptance Criteria
• … to Tasks
• … “Anyway you want it, that’s the way you need it”
• Generate the Word Document FROM the Requirements, Not the Other Way
Around
• Storyboard Right from PowerPoint (with TFS Synchronization)
• Groom the Backlog Online
• Synchronize and Update from Excel

16. Demo: Requirements Mgmt.

17. Project and Product Management
• Backlog prioritization
• Sprint planning
• Burn down reporting
• Defect Tracking
• Full Kanban visibility with as many or as few swim lanes as you care for

18. Demo: Product Management

19. Development
• Visual Studio and Eclipse
• Love the Command Line? So Does TFS!
• Got git? Can do that, too.
• Code Review Workflow
• Collaborative Team Rooms with Notifications
• Continuous Integration with Gated Check-in
• Pick Your Testing Framework (NUnit? Jasmine?)

20. Development: Code Review
Source: MSDN

21. Development: Code Review
Source: MSDN

22. Development: Team Chat
Source: MSDN

23. Build and Deployment
• Multiple Build Configurations
• Multiple Build Servers
• Extensible Build Configuration
• Script Database Deployment and Updates
• Install and configure Windows Services
• Transformations to Update .config Based on Environment
• Notifications, Escalations, Auto-Tagging
• Build from Branches

24. Demo: Developer Experience

25. Quality Assurance
• Test Suite and Test Case Management
• Lab Management
• Automated Bug Integration, Submission
• Video and Screenshot Attachments
• IntelliTrace™ - Debug Backwards in Time!
• “I Can’t Reproduce This”

26. QA: Test Manager
Source: MSDN

27. QA: Test Manager
Source: MSDN

28. Dashboards
• Customizable: Project, Team, YOU
• Over Status and Key Statistics
• Plug-in Report Parts (On-Premise Only)
• Drill-Down to Key Areas
• Custom Queries and Metrics
• Snapshot for Daily Meetings

29. Demo: Dashboards

30. A Quick Note: Licensing
• Pro – test frameworks, integration and unit tests
• Test Pro – manual testing, exploratory testing, test case management, and
“fast-forward” in manual testing
• Premium – Microsoft Fakes, Code Coverage, Coded UI
• Ultimate – Web Load and Performance
• Everything but Pro gives you Lab Management
• Visual Studio Online – MSDN Subscriptions can secure seats (Test Pro,
Premium, and Ultimate at same level)
• FREE Stakeholders for VSO – view team and project dashboards, backlogs,
task boards, create and edit work items
• http://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-online-user-plans-vs#
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31. How Can iVision Help?
• ALM Health Check – review of your TFS installation, source control, solution
and project strategy, build configuration, and requirements management.
• ALM Migration – get rid of upgrade and maintenance headaches by
migrating your on-premise TFS to Visual Studio Online.
• ALM Training – learn how to leverage all of the productivity boosting
features of TFS.
• Consumption Reporting – Application Insights give you immediate customer
feedback. Don’t prioritize based on what you’ve developed; instead prioritize
based on what your customers consume!
• Custom Application Development – modernize and/or migrate existing
applications and develop new for desktop, mobile, cloud and beyond.

32. Questions?
Jeremy Likness, Principal Architect jlikness@ivision.com

33. Our Approach and Strategy