Latest readiness adventure Part 5 … more newcomers

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Following on to the Visual Studio ALM Rangers recently called it a daunting but exciting adventure … what’s coming? post, we introduce three more solutions that will be upgraded, one new solution and elaborate on the merger of two. Smile

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VM Factory Guidance

Context

Practical and scenario based guidance and a reference implementation of a software solution that automates the creation of Microsoft environments, in particular Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server.

Proposed Epics

  • Epic: As Dave, the Team Foundation Server admin, I would like to understand the impact of the next version of Visual Studio on the VM Factory
  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like to be able to run an automated process to create a Rangers base VM with the latest Dev11 build
  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like to be able to run an automated process to create a Rangers Lab Management with the latest Dev11 build
  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like to be able to run an automated process to create a custom VM with Epic:
  • As Brian Keller I would like to use the VM Factory to build my DPE image and configure my sample application and data
Project Lead

PAUL Meyer 2 … Paul Meyer (VMFactory Master)

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TFS Integration Tools

Context

The Team Foundation Server Integration Platform and Tools facilitates the development of tools that integrate Team Foundation Server Integration with other systems.

Proposed Epics

  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like to understand the impact of the next version of Visual Studio on the Team Foundation Server Integration Tools
  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like to have better search ability for all the documentation, videos and samples
  • Epic: As Alex, the technology consultant, I would like easy to follow scenario based guidance for TFS, Rational and other migrations
Project Lead

Willy-P. Schaub … Willy-Peter Schaub

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Branching and Merging Guidance

Context

Practical and scenario based guidance for branching and merging strategies on Team Foundation Server.
Codename: Cape Eagle Owl (CEO)
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Proposed Epics

  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand the impact of the next version of Visual Studio on branching and merging
  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand how long to wait with check-ins and merging (reverse integration)
  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand how to merge efficiently between parallel development teams that share a code base
  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand the security on branches and roles that impact branching and merging
Project Lead

P7290334 … Bill Heys

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CodedUI Testing Automation Guidance

Context

Practical and scenario based guidance for CodedUI testing, using maintainable and automated tests.

Proposed Epics

  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand the changes and impact of the next version of Visual Studio on my automated CodedUI Tests.
  • Epic: As Christine, the tester, I would like to understand how to build a library of Coded UI Test methods and assertions for one or a set of projects.
  • Epic: As Doris, the developer, I would like to understand how to build Coded UI Tests that can be shared across UI components for unit testing.
  • Epic: As Christine, the tester, I would like to understand how to deal with UI changes during the SDLC process.
  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand the changes and impact of the next version of Visual Studio on my automated CodedUI Tests
  • Epic: As Garry, the dev lead, I would like to understand how to migrate existing CodedUI solutions to Dev11
Project Lead

Richard Albrecht Photo … Richard Albrecht

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Have you noticed…

  • The Branching Guidance is now known as the Branching and Merging Guidance, consolidating two related topics of branching and merging.
  • The project that vanished off the diagram is the CodedUI Testing Guidance, which has been merged with the CodedUI Testing Automation Guidance.