Description: Pro Visual Studio Team System Application Lifecycle Management by Joachim Rossberg You can have the best coders in the world working in your teams, but if your project management isnt up to scratch, your project is almost certain to be delayed, to come in over budget, and in some cases to fail entirely. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description You can have the best coders in the world working in your teams, but if your project management isnt up to scratch, your project is almost certain to be delayed, to come in over budget, and in some cases to fail entirely. By taking precise control of your application development process, you can make changes, both large and small, throughout your projects life cycle that will lead to better–quality finished products that are consistently delivered on time and within budget.Application lifecycle management (ALM) is an area of rapidly growing interest within the development community. Because its techniques allow you to deal with the process of developing applications across many areas of responsibility and across many different disciplines, its effects on your project can be wide ranging and pronounced. It is a project management tool that has practical implications for the whole team—from architects to designers, from developers to testers.This book focuses on the most powerful ALM tool available for the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). It demonstrates the key concepts and techniques of ALM and illustrates how they can be achieved using the tools VSTS provides in a clear succinct style. After reading the book, you will understand how VSTS can be used to generate continuous meaningful reporting on your projects health for the decision makers on your team as well as for your projects sponsors. Notes This book seeks to bring the powerful project management philosophies of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to the VSTS development environment. These techniques can greatly increase the chances of a projects successful completion - on time and within budget - and can be applied to projects both large and small with equal success. VSTS has always had the capability to support ALM but this capability has not been widely recognised in the past. This is now changing with Microsoft now actively promoting ALM and evangelising its use through their development teams. Author Biography Joachim Rossberg has worked as an IT consultant since 1998. He is primarily a scrum master and project manager but has an extensive history as a system developer/designer. He has demonstrated his technical background with various achievements over the years: MCSD, MCDBA, MCSA, and MCSE. His specialties include project management, ALM process, and Team Foundation Server. Joachim is now working for Know IT Consulting in Gothenburg, Sweden. Table of Contents Why Do We Develop Business Software and Systems?.- Application Lifecycle Management.- Development Processes and Frameworks.- The Agile Enterprise—Or How We Could Bridge the Gap.- ALM Assessments.- Application Lifecycle Management Using Visual Studio Team System.- Working with VSTS Customization to Further Enhance the ALM Process.- Real-Life Example. Long Description Developing software is hard--really hard. Even more so when you think about the fact that as an industry we do not typically examine software development in a holistic approach. That is, we dont ask ourselves questions such as "What are the business drivers for this project?" "What benefits will this project provide us?" and "How do we determine if the project is s- cessful?" In many cases, the software development industry is concerned with simply developing the software. Software failures cost companies billions (yes, thats not a typo--billions with a b) of dollars every year. Organizations can no longer afford to ignore these failures. They have to understand how software helps them reach their goals and how to prioritize investments in software. Organizations must also understand the difference between software that provides value and successful software projects (which may not be the same thing). Unfortunately, this has been a difficult transition. I have worked with numerous customers who do not know the benefit of building a particular piece of software. Likewise, I have worked with numerous developers who did not understand the importance of the software they were building. Situations like these are unacceptable in the current marketplace. Everyone must understand the context in which applications are being built and the fact that the context can change during the development process. Companies that cannot respond to change effectively are no longer in business. Feature Provides readers with everything they need to know to successfully implement Application Lifecycle Management within their .NET projects Emphasizes the traceability and reporting techniques that are going to be of most interest to readers Teaches concepts as well as techniques so that readers can be flexible in the way that they apply ALM to their individual situations Description for Sales People This book seeks to bring the powerful project management philosophies of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to the VSTS development environment. These techniques can greatly increase the chances of a projects successful completion - on time and within budget - and can be applied to projects both large and small with equal success. VSTS has always had the capability to support ALM but this capability has not been widely recognised in the past. This is now changing with Microsoft now actively promoting ALM and evangelising its use through their development teams. Details ISBN143021080X Author Joachim Rossberg Short Title PRO VISUAL STUDIO TEAM SYSTEM Series Experts Voice in Visual Studio Team System Language English ISBN-10 143021080X ISBN-13 9781430210801 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2008 Imprint APress Residence US Birth 1967 Place of Publication Berlin Country of Publication Germany Replaced by 9781430243441 DOI 10.1604/9781430210801;10.1007/978-1-4302-1079-5 UK Release Date 2008-10-20 Pages 320 Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Edition Description 1st ed. Edition 1st Publication Date 2008-10-20 Alternative 9781484220429 DEWEY 005.276 Illustrations XXIII, 320 p. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Pro Visual Studio Team System Application Lifecycle Management
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Author: Joachim Rossberg
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