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Scrum for Team System


Team Foundation Capabilities

• Work item tracking• Easy, Integrated into

development process• Design your own process –

Fields, Forms, States, Rules• Extensive linking – bugs, reports,

artifacts• Notifications

• Source Code Control• Easy, integrated into development

environment• Integrated check in experience• Scalable and robust• Parallel development• Notifications

• Build automation• Scripted “nightly” build• Reporting• Integrates many of the Team

System tools

• Metrics warehouse• Automatic data collection• OLAP reporting• Trending, aggregation & drilldown

• Project portal• Single place to go for high-level

project information• Web access work items• WSS based


• Visual Studio Team System 2005• Microsoft’s new full lifecycle, integrated team development platform

• Scrum for Team System• Scrum Process Template to optimise Microsoft’s development platform for the Scrum team• Collaboration with Ken Schwaber and Microsoft• Expresses requirements and tasks in Scrum terminology• All standard Scrum ‘artefacts’ e.g. Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, etc…• Sprint and Product Burndown charts plus many other reports• Excel Integration• 4000+ downloads and rising• Active, lively forums• Further development in the pipeline

• FREE!• Demonstration of our thought leadership and expertise in Scrum and Agile, it attracts the

best clients - and recruits• Process Guidance

• Online, provides first-class Scrum guidance independent of plug-in www.scrumforteamsystem.com


Scrum in VSTS

• Removal of the impedance mismatch between methodology and tools providing an improved team dynamic and increased efficiency.

• Reduced effort required capturing and increased richness of the empirical information used to steer Scrum projects.

• Support for the engineering practices on which Agile projects depend.

• Supportive environment for team members who are less experienced with Scrum processes.

Together Team System and the Scrum Plug-in provide benefits that include:


Scrum Guidance

In depth Scrum and Scrum for Team System guidance produced in association with Ken Schwaber


Sprints in Team System


Product Backlog in Team System


Sprint Backlog Tasks in Team System


Office 2003 Integration

Non technical team members interact with Scrum artefacts with familiar tools


Scrum Reporting Project and Sprint Velocity


Scrum Reporting

• Depth empirical information to help the team optimise their performance• Breadth reporting with zero effort for the stakeholders


Classic Scrum Views + Additional Traceability


Questions?

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Conchango Agile Services

1. Advice, Mentoring and Training We’ve got a depth of delivery experience and some of the most skilled and

respected Agile practitioners in the industry. We offer formal training and accreditation in partnership with some of the industry gurus as well as on the job mentoring and consulting to help you develop your team and your approach.

2. Agile Project Delivery We’ve worked with some of the UK’s leading companies to deliver mission

critical projects using Agile methods. We help clients identify projects where Agile methods can improve the quality and certainty of delivery, and then work closely with clients to deliver them successfully.

3. Agile Lifecycle Tools and Engineering We’ve built a range of tools and practices that help make Agile teams work, and

we constantly scour the market for the best tools available. These tools can make the difference between success and failure. We help clients to choose, implement and get the most out of the tools available.

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Documents

team system slide

scrum team collaboration

depth scrum

scrum plugin

scrum projects

scrum terminology

scrum processes

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