ALM with TFS: From the Drawing Board to the Cloud
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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.
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ALM with TFS: From the Drawing Board to the Cloud
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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# AdditionalPageSections_1
- 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 [email protected]
- 33. Our Approach and Strategy
Editor's Notes
- #6: We used to talk about the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Microsoft promotes a Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) to address security compliance requirements (training, requirements, design, implementation, verification, release, and response) http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/ ALM is an umbrella over these processes and recognizes there is more that goes into an application than just the software (i.e. infrastructure, security, etc.)
- #7: Cross-functional/self-organizing teams, iterative delivery, sprint planning, note: there IS a plan!
- #12: Note project/product is replaced by Scrum master.
- #17: Backlog item “Show stock levels per inventory item” has a storyboard associated with it. Demo adding a PBI to a Feature and then a Task to a PBI.
- #18: Continuously update the things you need Continuously prioritize the things you needed yesterday Export and update to/from Excel and/or Microsoft Project Forecasted using anticipated velocity Collaborative and cross-functional (QA participates) See the real velocity of the team Understand when it will be delivered Linked to relevant work items Specific workflow
- #19: Demonstrate forecasting based on velocity Demonstrate drag and drop prioritization Demonstrate drag and drop Sprint assignment Demonstrate swim lanes
- #21: This is ideal for remote teams both onshore and offshore. Full cycle, segregated code, fast and unambiguous feedback loop.
- #23: Great for events like sprint releases or hackathons to coordinate across teams.
- #24: Deploy to specific servers based on config, build config for example, JavaScript-based Jasmine tests run in the headless PhantomJS browser as part of gated check-in
- #25: Show FizzBuzz and tests, then drill into builds and show how tests fail the builds or set warnings
- #26: Lab mgmt: Still need to test your app on WinXP running IE6? (shame on you)
- #30: Show home screen dashboards and drill downs