There was a recent brouhaha on Twitter and in some blogs about the appropriateness of Team System in small teams. The gist of the discussion was simply that there are a lot of alternatives to TFS and VSTS tooling and many of them come cheaper out of the box. In many cases, free! Duh. I […]
Read MoreMy wife and friends have been wondering what I’ve been doing up in my office at night and on the weekends. After several weeks (months, really) of getting this project off the ground, I am happy to finally share the result. Pluralsight On-Demand! now has the opening modules of our online course, Visual Studio Team […]
Read MoreI promised several people in my sessions I would post materials I used on ElegantCode.com, so here they are! I should note that I am not comfortable posting my customized SFTS process template at this time. I need to discuss this with the folks at Conchango before taking that step. Slides ? Supporting Scrum with […]
Read MoreI have been uncharacteristically quiet here on the blog lately. Although I seem to have lost my voice for awhile, I can feel it coming back. Other bloggers tell me they also have dry spells occasionally. The real point of this missive is to note that I, along with many of the Pluralsight crew, will […]
Read MoreMany people find themselves using MSF Agile in their Team System server simply because the process template comes rolled in the box. The MSF Agile process isn’t the issue here, but the practice of using it to support other processes. Would it make sense, for example, to use a RUP Process Template if you were […]
Read MoreOne customization I make frequently to a TFS Team Project is to create source control + Team Build only team projects. Reasons to do this vary, but the reason I have is that I like using the Scrum for Team System process template as a Master or Enterprise backlog and holding all work items in […]
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