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Planning your Projects with Team Foundation Server 2010

Version: 1.1.0

Description

In this lab you will learn about some of the new agile project management capabilities of Team Foundation Server 2010. You will learn how Team Foundation Server 2010 now supports hierarchical work items, which allow for such rich relationships as parent/child and successor/predecessor. You will see how new Excel workbooks can be used to quickly manage your backlog and plan your iterations. And you will also see how Microsoft Project can be used to create a detailed project plan which can then be fully synchronized with Team Foundation Server 2010.

Overview

In this lab you will learn about some of the new agile project management capabilities of Team Foundation Server 2010. You will learn how Team Foundation Server 2010 now supports hierarchical work items, which allow for such rich relationships as parent/child and successor/predecessor. You will see how new Excel workbooks can be used to quickly manage your backlog and plan your iterations. And you will also see how Microsoft Project can be used to create a detailed project plan which can then be fully synchronized with Team Foundation Server 2010.

System Requirements

In order to complete this lab you will need the Visual Studio 2010 virtual machine provided by Microsoft. For more information on acquiring and using this virtual machine, please see this blog post.

Exercises

This Hands-On Lab comprises the following exercises:

  1. Managing User Stories
  2. Iteration Work Items and Team Capacity
  3. Working with Hierarchical Work Items in Visual Studio and Project
  4. Introduction to MSF Agile Process Sample Documents

Estimated time to complete this lab: 60 minutes.

Next Step

Exercise 1: Managing User Stories

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Downloads

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