TFS & Visual Studio ALM – by Neno Loje

(formerly Team System, VSTS)

My New Book: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices (3rd Edition)

October 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Team Foundation Server, Training and Learning

ISBN-10: 0321864875Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices
From Backlog to Continuous Feedback (3rd Edition)

Sam and I updated our book on agile software engineering to reflect the feature set of the new Visual Studio & Team Foundation Server 2012.

How to get it:

ISBN-10: 0321864875

Paperback: Amazon | InformIT
DRM-free PDF: InformIT
Amazon Kindle: Amazon

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Use code VSTFS2012 at InformIT to get 35% off the printed copy or the DRM-free PDF. Offer valid until December 31st, 2013.

Sample Chapters

  • Chapter 2: Scrum, Agile Practices, and Visual Studio (25 pages)
  • Chapter 9: Lessons Learned at Microsoft Developer Division (23 pages)

    Table of Contents

  • Foreword to Third Edition by Brian Harry
  • Foreword to Second Edition by Ken Schwaber 
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: The Agile Consensus
  • Chapter 2: Scrum, Agile Practices, and Visual Studio
  • Chapter 3: Product Ownership
  • Chapter 4: Running the Sprint
  • Chapter 5: Architecture
  • Chapter 6: Development
  • Chapter 7: Build and Lab
  • Chapter 8: Test
  • Chapter 9: Lessons Learned at Microsoft Developer Division
  • Chapter 10: Continuous Feedback
    Authors
  • Sam Guckenheimer is the product owner for the Microsoft Visual Studio product line.
  • Neno Loje is an independent Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) consultant and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (TFS) specialist.
    Book Description

    This is the definitive guide to applying agile development and modern software engineering practices with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012—Microsoft’s complementary Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform. It focuses on solving real development challenges, systematically eliminating waste, improving transparency, and delivering better software more quickly and painlessly.

    Previous Editions
  • 3rd Edition, 2012: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices: From Backlog to Continuous Feedback
    The latest edition was an update. We revised it to reflect the new capabilities and tools in VS & TFS 2012 (especially the ones that support small and agile teams) as well as an updated chapter on lessons learned at Microsoft. (There we only minimal changes to the parts on Scrum and agile practices).
  • 2nd Edition, 2011: Agile Software Engineering with Visual Studio 
    The second edition was essentially a complete rewrite, focusing on Scrum and software development in a modern and agile manner using tools from VS 2010 (not sure why this was marked as a 2nd edition as this really is more a entirely new book).
  • 1st Edition, 2006: Software Engineering with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
    This was the initial version by Sam and Juan J. Perez, targeting VSTS 2005.
    What other’s say about the book
  • Brian Harry’s blog: Sam and Neno’s VS 2012 Book Available at Launch
  • Matteo Emili: Review – Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012: Adopting Agile Software Practices: From Backlog to Continuous Feedback
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