Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System

Course Overview

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage source control management, a configurable build process, tools that aid in test driven development, and process workflow all integrated directly into Visual Studio 2008. By the end of the course, developers are equipped to use test-driven techniques and proven software processes to create high-quality software with a minimal change in overall effort.

This course is intended for Enterprise IT Staff who actively participate in software development projects. They participate in specification, design, coding, testing or project management

Skills Gained

Delegates will learn how to

• Describe integrated Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) and how Visual Studio Team System 2008 aids the ALM process.
• Identify the components of Visual Studio Team System architecture and how these are used to improve collaboration and increase the overall efficiency of the team development process.
• Describe project management tools available in Visual Studio Team System.
• Describe the Developer and Architect tasks in Visual Studio Team System 2008.
• Describe MSBuild architecture and customize Team Build.
• Access Version control and use branching and merging effectively.
• Describe tools used for performance and code analysis.
• Describe tools used for performance and code analysis.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Experience and familiarity with process methodologies such as Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF).
• Familiarity with diagramming implementations, High-level database design, Distributed systems design, Business requirements analysis.
• Experience in using source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis tools, and possibly a unit testing suite.
• Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
• Experience in using source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis tools, and possibly a unit testing suite. They should have experience with
• Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 and some knowledge of Visual Basic .NET or Visual C# code.

Course Outline

Module 1: Overview of Application Lifecycle Management

• This module describes integrated Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) System and how Visual Studio Team System aids AL

Module 2: Using Visual Studio Team System in a Team

• This module explains how to develop and test team interactions with Visual Studio Team System TFS in Team System. It also describes the use of Team System to improve collaboration and the overall efficiency of the software development efforts.

Module 3: Overview of Project Management

• This module explains how to plan projects using MSF and use Process Guidance to customize process templates. It also describes how to track projects through work items and reports.

Module 4: Designing and Developing a Software Solution in Visual Studio Team System

• This module explains how to minimize the complexity of distributed software by utilizing more tools than simply code modeling. It also describes the Developer and Architect tasks of Visual Studio Team System, and explains the need to map applications to the physical environment in which they will run.

Module 5: Introduction to Version Control in Parallel Development

• This module explains how the build process works and how to utilize the customization and dynamic build features.

Module 6: Introduction to Version Control in Parallel Development

• This module explains features of the Version Control like branching, Merging, Locking models, differencing and security

Module 7: Introduction to Advance Analyzing Tasks

• This module explains how performance analysis is done using performance tools and performance explorer. It also explains the quality tools which ensure the quality of the application

Module 8: Overview of Testing in Visual Studio Team System

• This module explains how to develop, operate, and interpret results obtained from web and load tests. It also explains how to develop test cases.

Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System / MS6214