The VSTS Sync Migration tools have been updated with new features and bug fixes for common issues reported by users. For those that are using TFS and VSTS since the demise of the TFS Integration Tools there has been a…
I believe that to create great software you need to have Professional Teams and not just amateur Teams. However most software teams are amateurs that don’t follow the rules, don’t subscribe to engineering excellence, and don’t follow…
Many folks believe that a Sprint is an arbitrary length of time in which you create and release software. They look at their continuous delivery pipeline and say to themselves; “Why would I limit myself to shipping only once every…
There was an interesting discussion on Agile vs Scrum Template for TFS 2012 on LinkedIn that I was interested in however LinkedIn has a bug and will not let me comment on that open group. So I will add my…
Why is it that while there is a Government Cloud First policy there are so much fear of cloud in the public sector? I have been working with a number of government and local council agencies in the UK and…
Most software teams and their organisations are kalabule (cowboys) in an industry epidemic of lies and deceit. Find out if you are Kalabule or a Professional at Agile in Africa as we dive into what it means to be a…
VSTS Sync Migration Tools allow you to bulk edit data in TFS & VSTS. You can bulk edit work items in place, or even migrate Teams, Backlogs, Tasks, Test Cases, and Plans & Suits to a new TFS or VSTS…
Both as a 1 hour ScrumPulse and a team based workshop for the Dutch ALM UG I did sessions entitled Scaling Professional Scrum with Visual Studio Team Services. I showed how to use Team Services in the scope of multiple…
I have had quite a few requests from folks that want to use the full capabilities of VSTS or TFS but really need to have the code published in Github as it is Open-Source. Well I build a few…
Since Github is the place to keep your Open Source code I thought that I would migrate some of my CodePlex repos to GitHub. However it is a little more difficult than it looks on the surface…