Scrum/XP using Team System (devLink & Agile 2009)

Implementing Scrum/XP with Team Foundation Server
Tommy Norman
Systems Architect Agile Coach

Agenda
Introductions
Survey / Expectations
Scrum Overview
Team System Overview
Mapping Scrum / XP to Team System
Scrum / XP in Team System Walkthrough
Resources
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Introductions

Tommy Norman
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Systems Architect / Agile Coach, Compuware
Certified Scrum Master / Practitioner
MVP Team System, Microsoft
Email:tommy.norman@compuware.com
Blog:www.tommynorman.com

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Survey / Expectations

Agile Experience
Currently using Scrum?
Currently using XP?
Currently using Scrum/XP hybrid?
Using for less than 1 year?
Using for more than 1 year?

Agile/ Dev Tools
Currently using an Agile management tool?
Which Agile management tool?
Using Visual Studio for .NET development?
Using Team Foundation Server?
Using tools like Team City, FITness, etc.?

Setting Expectations
NOT a discussion on whether or not to use Agile management tools…
NOT a purist implementation…
NOT an implementation of all XP practices…
NOT a sales pitch for Team System…

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Scrum Overview

Roles
Scrum Team
Scrum Master
Product Owner
Stakeholders & Users

Artifacts
Product Backlog
Release Plan
Product Vision
Sprint Backlog
Sprint Burndown
Impediment List

Process
Development
Update Product Backlog
Daily
Scrum
Sprint
Sprint
Review
Product Increment
Project Initiation
Sprint
Planning
Sprint
Retrospective

Project
Initiation

Project Initiation
Business Case
Product Backlog
Product Vision
Release Plan
Scrum Team

Product Backlog
User Stories
Prioritized by Value
Estimated by the Team
Product Owner

User Story Card
Search Catalog
As a registered user I want the ability to search the online catalog so that I can find items to purchase.
Business Value: 600 Story Points: 8

User Story Card
How to Demo
Open search page.
Enter multiple search criteria.
Initiate search.
View results of catalog items that contain one or more of the keywords in their title or description
Tests

Quoted strings used for exact matching.
Test operators AND, OR, +, and -.
Results come back in under 5 seconds.
Try invalid characters.

Planning Poker

Planning Poker
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5
13
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Release Planning
Product Backlog
3
Sprint 1
3
2
Release 1
3
Sprint 2
1
3
3
Sprint 3
2
3
3
Release 2
Sprint 4
5
8
Sprint 5

Sprint Planning

Sprint Planning
Product Owner
Product Backlog
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Sprint Backlog

Sprint Planning
Product Backlog
Velocity
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9 Story Points
Sprint 1
3
2
3
1
3
3
2
3
3
5
8

Sprint Planning
Search Catalog: 3
As a Catalog Customer I want the ability to search the online catalog to find items I am interested in purchasing.

Sprint Planning
Search Catalog: 3
As a Catalog Customer I want the ability to search the online catalog to find items I am interested in purchasing.
Create Search Page: 8hrs
Create Query class: 4hrs
Create Search Manager class: 2hrs
Create Search method: 8hrs

Sprint

Sprint (Daily Scrum)
Scrum Master
Scrum Team
Sprint Backlog
Sprint Burndown
Impediment List

Sprint Task Board
Not Done
In Progress
Done
Deferred
User Stories
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
As a user I want this to do that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.
Do this and that.

350 hrs.
Work Hours Remaining
0 hrs.
Time

Sprint (Development)
Continuous Integration
Source Control
Developer
Feature Testing
Unit Testing

Product Backlog Maintenance
Product Owner
Product Backlog
Scrum Team

Sprint Review

Sprint Review
Product Owner
Finished Product
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

Sprint Retrospective

Product Owner
Scrum Master
Scrum Team

What went well?
What could be better?
Better unit testing
Unit testing
Testing could be better
Mgt. has better visibility
Better idea of what to work on
I liked the Task Board
Daily Scrum too long
Better Input from Mgt.

Rinseand Repeat

Development
Update Product Backlog
Daily
Scrum
Sprint
Sprint
Review
Product Increment
Project Initiation
Sprint
Planning
Sprint
Retrospective

Scrum
Sprint
Retrospective
Daily Scrum
XP
Sustainable
Pace
Sprint
Backlog
TDD
Product Owner
Continuous
Integration
Refactoring
Sprints
Scrum Master
Planning Game
Co-located
Teams
Collective Ownership
Burndown
Chart
Sprint
Review
Sprint
Planning
Product Backlog

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Team System Overview

Visual Studio Team Editions
Architect Edition
Modeling Tools
Deployment Modeling
Test Edition
Web / Manual Testing
Load Testing
Developer / Database Edition
Code Metris / Analysis
Database Management / Deployment
Database Testing / Test Data Gen

Team Foundation Server
Version Control
SQL Based
Better Branch Management
Build Server
MSBuild Based
Very Extensible
Work Item Tracking
Many Free Process Templates
Very Customizable / Extensible

Team Foundation Server
Reporting
Everything Stored in OLAP Cube
SQL Reporting Services
Web Access
All Functionality on the Web
Project Portals
Sharepoint / MOSS
Office Integration
Excel / MS Project
Third Party Tools
Extensive API

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Mapping Scrum / XP to Team System

Development
24 hrs.
Daily
Scrum
Sprint
Sprint
Review
Product Increment
2 - 4 weeks
Project Initiation
Sprint
Planning
Sprint
Retrospective

Scrum / XP
Team System
Product / Sprint Backlogs
TFS: Work Item Tracking
TDD / Unit Testing
VS Dev Ed: Code Analysis
Continuous Integration
TFS: Build Server & Version Control
Collective Ownership
TFS: Version Control
Information Radiators
TFS: Reports & Web Access
Inspect & Adapt
TFS: Extensibility & Reports
Release Planning
MS Office Integration
Metaphor
TFS Arch Ed: Modeling

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Scrum / XP in Team System Walkthrough

Development
24 hrs.
Daily
Scrum
Sprint
Sprint
Review
Product Increment
2 - 4 weeks
Project Initiation
Sprint
Planning
Sprint
Retrospective

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Resources

Conchango Scrum Template
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Conchango Sprint Task Board
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TFS Power Tools
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TFS Web Access
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