Managing Projects with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System

This book is a practical guide to using the integrated tools in Visual Studio Team System to manage a team-development process. Project managers typically use a wide range of tools-such as Microsoft Office ExcelR, Microsoft Office Project, and Microsoft WindowsR SharePointR Services. The Visual Studio Project Management Tools are integrated with the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), Office, Windows SharePoint Services, and Microsoft SQL ServerT 2005 Reporting Services. This helps enable project managers to continue using the tools with which they are comfortable, yet easily share their development-oriented project data with their teams-allowing architects, developers, testers, and project managers to collaborate in a single, extensible environment. With in-depth product information and insights from early users and experienced Visual Studio Team System trainers, this guide will help you understand how to use this tightly integrated set of life-cycle development tools to help enable better planning, scheduling, collaboration, communication, reporting, and process control with development projects. Get the practical reference for using Visual Studio Team System in your software development lifecycle—and maximize project success. Designed for software project managers, this book offers straightforward product information and expert insights for collaborating with architects, developers, and testers in one integrated development environment. Discover how to use Team System to: Support key activities from the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) Set up your team project using Microsoft Solutions Framework process templates Manage project activities, requirements, and risks Monitor and control scope, cost, schedule, and quality Customize role-based work items, queries, reports, and iterations Create a process improvement framework and fine-tune development efforts Plus—Learn details of Agile development and Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) "Get the practical reference for using Visual Studio Team System in your software development life cycle - and maximize project success. Designed for software project managers, this book offers straightforward product information and expert insights for collaborating with architects, developers, and testers in one integrated development environment."--Jacket Provides information on ways to effectively use the Visual Studio Team System in collaboration with architects, developers, and testers. Joel Semeniuk, Martin Danner. Includes Index.