Information Technology

Managing Agile Projects Using TFS 2017

Instructor-Led 15 Agenda

Description

In this course, attendees will plan a new software development project and go through the steps to initiate the project using Visual Studio 2017. This includes recording requirements, creating a product backlog, and estimating effort for backlog items.

Course Overview

Course Objective

The course also demonstrates how TFS facilitates the use of storyboards to prototype experiences, request stakeholder feedback, foster team collaboration, and generate reports. The final two modules of the course provide an overview of how testers and developers can work effectively using appropriate tools in the Visual Studio family.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for project managers, Scrum masters, business analysts, and team leaders looking to effectively manage their development projects using Team Foundation Server 2017.

Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Family Lesson Id 1

Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Family

Initiating a New Project Lesson Id 2

Initiating a New Project

Work Item Primer Lesson Id 3

Work Item Primer

Creating our Product Backlog Lesson Id 4

Creating our Product Backlog

Agile Estimation Lesson Id 5

Agile Estimation

Working from the Product Backlog Lesson Id 6

Working from the Product Backlog

Working in Sprints Lesson Id 7

Working in Sprints

Retrospectives Lesson Id 8

Retrospectives

Working with TFS Teams Lesson Id 9

Working with TFS Teams

Enhancing Requirements Using Storyboards Lesson Id 10

Enhancing Requirements Using Storyboards

Getting Stakeholder Feedback Lesson Id 11

Getting Stakeholder Feedback

Fostering Team Collaboration Lesson Id 12

Fostering Team Collaboration

Creating and Customizing Reports Lesson Id 13

Creating and Customizing Reports

Overview of Agile Testing Lesson Id 14

Overview of Agile Testing

Overview of Agile Development Lesson Id 15

Overview of Agile Development

Lesson Id	Title	Description
1	Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Family	What’s new in Visual Studio 2017<br />Overview of the Visual Studio 2017 family<br />Overview of product features<br />Project workflow across the Visual Studio 2017 suite of products<br />
2	Initiating a New Project	Organizing projects in TFS<br />Understanding process templates<br />Creating a new team project<br />Setting team project properties<br />Switching between team projects<br />
3	Work Item Primer	Overview of work items<br />Traceability between work items<br />Searching and creating custom queries<br />Work item charting and pinning charts<br />Work item tagging<br />Configuring project notifications<br />
4	Creating our Product Backlog	Examining requirement types<br />Creating backlog items<br />Creating requirement hierarchies using features<br />The importance of acceptance criteria<br />
5	Agile Estimation	Introduction to estimation<br />Using story points<br />Planning Poker and other popular estimation techniques<br />Adding your estimates to TFS work items<br />
6	Working from the Product Backlog	Introducing the Kanban board<br />Entering and editing details on the Kanban board<br />Customizing columns, including using split columns and limiting WIP<br />Recording our Definition of Done (DoD)<br />Understanding the Cumulative Flow Diagram<br />
7	Working in Sprints	Specifying your sprint schedule and your team capacity<br />Selecting items for the sprint backlog using forecasting<br />Decomposing requirements into tasks<br />Using burndown charts to track progress<br />Monitoring work using the task board<br />Working with unparented work items<br />
8	Retrospectives	The importance of retrospectives<br />Conducting an efficient sprint retrospective<br />What you should avoid in your retrospective<br />
9	Working with TFS Teams	Configuring teams in our team project<br />Managing work from a master backlog<br />Allocating work to our teams<br />Configuring iterations for TFS teams<br />
10	Enhancing Requirements Using Storyboards	Overview of storyboarding capabilities<br />Creating a storyboard to illustrate a requirement<br />Linking a storyboard to a work item<br />
11	Getting Stakeholder Feedback	Introducing the Microsoft Feedback Client<br />Using the Microsoft Feedback Client to provide rich feedback to the team<br />Adding continuous feedback into your workflow<br />
12	Fostering Team Collaboration	An overview of the various clients<br />The use of email in sharing information<br />Choosing the appropriate client tool<br />
13	Creating and Customizing Reports	Overview of reporting architecture<br />Reviewing the out of the box reports<br />Adding new reports<br />Creating ad hoc reports using Excel<br />
14	Overview of Agile Testing	The role of the tester in a sprint planning meeting<br />A lap around web-based test management<br />Creating a test plan<br />Creating manual test cases from requirements<br />
15	Overview of Agile Development	Using My Work to select tasks from the sprint backlog<br />Understanding the value of linking changesets to work items<br />The importance of unit testing<br />Creating a continuous integration build<br />