Time That Task VSTS Check-In Policy

TL;DR; Explores a TFS check-in policy for tracking task time, discusses challenges like task switching, and suggests using an external app to improve developer workflow.

Published on 19 December 2006

Written by Martin Hinshelwood

1 minute read

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I have found this interesting policy for TFS.

http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=9375fae2-5104-4d46-8b3a-c0b170b08320

I can see a number of problems with it.

What if a developer gets interrupted!
What is they are working on a number of related tasks / bugs!

The solution to these problems is maybe an external system tray application that the checkin policy can communicate with that allows the developer to select what tasks that he/she is working on and update it accordingly!

This is something that I will need to look into!

Has anyone tried this tool in a production enviroment?

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