Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System

Author: Jamil Azher

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781584504450

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In this era of globalization, outsourcing has emerged as a key strategy not only for achieving competitive advantage but also for survival. However, despite widespread adoption, there are few practical guidelines in the market regarding how to optimally manage outsourced projects. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System teaches managers, developers, and SQA professionals how to successfully execute outsourced projects. Providing best practices guidelines based upon empirical experience of leading practitioners in the outsourcing industry, the book shows how to construct result-oriented development processes for mitigating execution risk, improving quality, and increasing efficiency. Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System as the underlying infrastructure, the book teaches how to customize development methodologies, integrate with MS Project and MS Outlook, embed real-time communication capabilities, manage source code and build process, run unit tests, create custom reports, and leverage the project portal. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System is an essential IT reference for companies interested in effectively managing outsourced projects and reducing friction associated with globally distributed software development.

Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System

Author: Jeff Levinson

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2006-11-22

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 1430201711

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*Will significantly increase developer and manager effectiveness using this complex technology *Authors convey proven track record with the technology *This is among the first (if not the first) VSTS book on the market

Computerworld
Computerworld

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2004-10-25

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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For more than 40 years, Computerworld has been the leading source of technology news and information for IT influencers worldwide. Computerworld's award-winning Web site (Computerworld.com), twice-monthly publication, focused conference series and custom research form the hub of the world's largest global IT media network.

Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Working with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System

Author: Richard Hundhausen

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780735621855

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Hundhausen offers a pragmatic, hands-on overview of the new Microsoft Visual Studio team development environment, which features new tools and end-to-end integration for the roles of architect, developer, tester, and project manager.

Professional Team Foundation Server
Professional Team Foundation Server

Author: Jean-Luc David

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-02-12

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 0470116382

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As the most important component of Microsoft's Visual Studio(r) 2005 Team System, Team Foundation Server is the central integration point that provides a collaborative environment for every member of a team, regardless of role. Since Team Foundation Server is so tightly interwoven with the rest of Team System, the authors have decided to present you with an invaluable resource that covers both, so that you may learn to set up and administer Team Foundation Server in order to effectively use the whole Team System toolset effectively. Three Microsoft Team System MVPs cover how to plan a Team System deployment, complete a software project, and everything in between. They show you how to handle real-world challenges and tackle the tasks and scenarios that encompass the entire software development lifecycle. What you will learn from this book How to implement IT governance such as Sarbanes-Oxley How to work with mixed environments (including Java and .NET) How to set up the product for large distributed environments How and why to take multiple lifecycles into consideration when deploying and using Team System How to create custom development tools and administer and customize work items How to monitor your team project metrics using SQL Server Reporting Services Who this book is for This book is for project managers, IT administrators, and anyone whose role consists of administering Team Foundation Server on a daily basis, running a software project, setting up users, or handling security. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.