Introduction to Visual Studio 11
Over on the Northwest Cadence blog we are doing a big push on Visual Studio 11 (dev11) content. I and my colleagues will be delivering content on Visual Studio 11, Visual Studio 11 Team Foundation Server & Visual Studio Team Foundation Service (AKA TFS Preview). I have been concentrating on the hosted (azure) version of […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – Reporting & Process
The Process Template governs nearly all aspects of how the team interacts with Visual Studio and TFS (e.g., the structure and flow of work items). Whether a team has a well-established development process or needs to define one, proper template selection and practice are critical. Reports and dashboards (targeted to the selected team process) provide […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – Architecture
How Visual Studio helps teams explore, understand, maintain, and uphold their project’s architecture. Introduction to some basic architecture & design concepts and common trouble spots for teams. This post is part of a series of Visual Studio ALM webcasts that were delivered through 2010 and 2011 as part of an introduction to Visual Studio ALM. […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – Microsoft Test Manager
Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), AKA Test Professional, is a new testing system that team can use to create manual and Automation test quickly. The real advantage and strength of MTM is the integration with TFS and Visual Studio 2010 and how it can leverage the ALM tools and practices. In the demo, we show: Explain […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – Code Management and Build
Branching Merging and Build are two parts of the overall software development cycle. In the Branching and Merging session, we cover industries standard approaches to branching and merging, the pros and Cons of the standard approaches, and how each strategy might fit your company needs. In the Build section we cover how to setup a […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – IntelliTrace and Test Impact Analysis
Intellitrace was built in response to the #1 and #2 demands from TFS 2008 customers: help us find bugs faster so we can fix them faster. As a configurable “flight data recorder” for all aspects of debug and test, it provides advanced and integrated logging so devs can locate and reproduce the bug exactly the […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – A day in the life of … Plan, Code & Test
This session shows the Day in the Life of a project using TFS from the context of a Developer, Tester, and Program Manager. The purpose of this session is to give a clear picture of how someone in the role of the Developer, the Tester and Program Manager would use TFS in his/her role. Update […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview – Introduction
A high-level overview of ALM and how the features in Visual Studio 2010 support ALM. This presentation touches on all the features shown in the rest of the deeper-dive sessions. If attendees don’t know which other sessions they want, watching this presentation might help them decide. This post is part of a series of Visual Studio ALM […]
Visual Studio 2010 Overview Webcasts
Over the last year I have delivered a variety of high-level overviews of Visual Studio ALM and the features that are available within it. These are all high level overviews even when talking about specific topics, and I have occasionally had to hand wave where things did not go well (Cough… Sharepoint Dev… cough) but […]
Scrum with Visual Studio 11: Creating a Scrum team identity
I have been getting to grips with dev11 recently and I want to share a couple of thing that I like. The first of which is the ability to create teams and to automatically slice your work by that team. [wpvideo UEI5H16i] Video: Scrum with dev11: Creating a Scrum team identity dev 11 is due […]