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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By : Tarun Arora
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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By: Tarun Arora

Overview of this book

Team Foundation Server (TFS) allows you to manage code repositories, build processes, test infrastructure, and deploy labs. TFS supports your team, enabling you to connect, collaborate, and deliver on time. Microsoft's approach to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) provides a flexible and agile environment that adapts to the needs of your team, removes barriers between roles, and streamlines processes. The book introduces you to creating and setting up team projects for scrum teams. You'll explore various source control repositories, branching, and merging activities, along with a demonstration of how to embed quality into every code check-in. Then, you'll discover agile project planning and management tools. Later, emphasis is given to the testing and release management features of TFS which facilitate the automation of the release pipeline in order to create potentially shippable increments. By the end of the book, you'll have learned to extend and customize TFS plugins to incorporate them into other platforms and enable teams to manage the software lifecycle effectively.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Planning and Tracking Work

 

"A goal without a plan is just a wish."

 
 --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

In this chapter, we will cover the following:

  • Selecting the backlog levels displayed on the Team Portal

  • Mapping, assigning, and tracking Work Items shared by multiple Teams

  • Adding additional columns to the Kanban board

  • Customizing cards displayed on the boards

  • Setting up Team's capacity and activity for a sprint

  • Querying Work Items by Tags

  • Creating charts using Work Item Queries

  • Using Service Hooks to integrate with Trello boards

  • Deleting Work Items in TFS permanently

  • Using Microsoft Feedback Client to provide feedback