Books by Joachim Rossberg

Developing software is hard-really hard. Even more so when you think about the fact that as an industry we do not typically examine software development in a holistic approach. That is, we don't ask ourselves questions such as "e;What are the business drivers for this project?"e; "e;What benefits will this project provide us?"e; and "e;How do we determine if the project is s- cessful?"e; In many cases, the software development industry is concerned with simply developing the software. Software failures cost companies billions (yes, that's not a typo-billions with a b) of dollars every year. Organizations can no longer afford to ignore these failures. They have to understand how software helps them reach their goals and how to prioritize investments in software. Organizations must also understand the difference between software that provides value and successful software projects (which may not be the same thing). Unfortunately, this has been a difficult transition. I have worked with numerous customers who do not know the benefit of building a particular piece of software. Likewise, I have worked with numerous developers who did not understand the importance of the software they were building. Situations like these are unacceptable in the current marketplace. Everyone must understand the context in which applications are being built and the fact that the context can change during the development process. Companies that cannot respond to change effectively are no longer in business.

Pro Team Foundation Service gives you a jump-start into Microsoft's cloud-based Application Lifecycle Management platform, taking you through the different stages of software development. The testing tools allow testers to start testing at the same time as developers start developing.

This book will help you get started with agile project management using Microsoft's latest releases of its market-leading Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2015, and Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS). The book demonstrates agile concepts and how to implement them using TFS/VSTS.Many organizations are using agile practices today. Agility has become a key enabler for running better projects with more successful end results and high quality output. At the same time, adoption of TFS/VSTS has increased dramatically, from being just a new version control system in the very beginning to becoming the fully-featured market leader it is today.In order to benefit the most from agile practices you need an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) toolset that supports your way of working. With TFS/VSTS, Microsoft has provided a powerful tool that is very customizable. This book shows you how you can use TFS/VSTS to implement many agile practices and how they fit into a well-thought-out ALM implementation.The book also shows how an agile product owner can work with TFS/VSTS to setup an agile project from scratch and how to continue using TFS/VSTS throughout the whole project to track progress, create and refine the backlog, and work with Kanban and Scrum Task boards.Keeping track of progress is important in any project. TFS/VSO includes many tools which will help you to track key metrics in an agile project. Many useful reports are available out of the box, and the TFS extensibility offers several ways to further customize reporting to fit your needs.What You Will Learn:Agile Concepts and ProcessesHow TFS/VSO supports agile processes end to endHow you can customize TFS/VSO to better support your processesHow to set up an agile project from scratch and manage it over its lifecycle

* Uses the very latest version of Web Services Enhancements (WSE 3.0) when most competing titles still use the previous version (WSE 2.0 or WSE 1.0) and includes detailed consideration of the new Windows Server System and advises how to select the correct setup for your project.5