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Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2015 Cookbook

By : Tarun Arora
Book Image

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

Adding additional columns to the Kanban board


The Kanban board in TFS provides a visual representation of the backlog. The board can be modeled to match the delivery workflow used in your organization. In this recipe, you'll learn how to add additional columns and configure a workflow in the Kanban board.

Tip

The name 'Kanban' originates from Japanese and translates roughly as "signboard" or "billboard". Kanban in the context of software development can mean a visual process management system that tells you what to produce, when to produce it, and how much to produce (http://bit.ly/1j4bT57).

Getting ready

You need to be a Team Administrator or a member of the Team Project Administrator group to customize the Kanban board.

Scenario: The FabrikamFeature1 Team use a Dev, Test, and Release workflow for every Backlog Item before marking it as Done. The Team has an exit criteria for each stage in the cycle. FabrikamFeature1 Team has limited testing capacity. To limit the items in Test, a limit has...