Tag: Preferred Practice

TFS 2013 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) fails with %TFSServerURLValidated% error

Feb 14, 2014 • 2 min read • Richard Hundhausen

Earlier this week I installed the Team Foundation Server 2013 Power Tools and went to run a BPA scan. It finished very quickly, giving me a couple of strange %TFSServerURLValidated% messages … …

Preferred Practice TFS

Useful TFS Links

Sep 19, 2012 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

I have just finished delivering a Team Foundation Course today, and we had some great discussions around TFS Administration, upgrading, adoption etc. As usual, there is a whole pile of questions that …

Preferred Practice TFS Visual Studio ALM Testing

Reporting Waste with TFS

Apr 11, 2012 • 3 min read • Simon Reindl

Tracking waste in TFS Overview Tracking waste and gathering the empirical data is one of the most effective ways of convincing people for the need to adapt. This needs an Estimated Effort field, as …

Misc Preferred Practice Scrum TFS Visual Studio Azure Boards

Upgrade TFS 2005 to TFS11 Beta

Mar 20, 2012 • 5 min read • Simon Reindl

This is one journey to upgrade TFS 2005 to TFS11 Key points if you are in a hurry You only get one chance at the upgrade, on the initial install. You need to do this as two upgrades TFS2005 –> …

Preferred Practice TFS Visual Studio SQL Server

Scrum Power of 3 imbalance – Scrum Master as Product Owner

Feb 21, 2012 • 4 min read • Simon Reindl

The question was recently posed to me – What conflicts occur if the Scrum Master is also the Product Owner? This can be seen as a workaround for not getting a dedicated Product Owner, which is …

Preferred Practice Scrum

Upgrading TFS to 2010

Nov 12, 2010 • 2 min read • Simon Reindl

At TechEd Europe 2010, I had the privilege to work on the VS2010 Ultimate booth. It was great to meet so many folk, and find out how different people were using TFS and VS2010. One recurring question …

Microsoft Preferred Practice TFS Visual Studio ALM Azure Boards SQL Server

New Scrum one pager by the VS ALM Rangers

May 5, 2010 • 1 min read • Simon Reindl

The Rangers have published an update to the quick reference stack, and one of my favourites is the Scrum chart. Download the full pack here. The pack is broken down by headings Start Here Planning …

Scrum Preferred Practice Visual Studio Development Testing

Getting to Done with VS2010

Apr 23, 2010 • 5 min read • Simon Reindl

One of the most critical aspects of any project is when have you got to done. This is one of the central principles of Scrum, as it is the contract between the team that is going to produce something, …

Scrum Preferred Practice Visual Studio Azure Boards Testing

Convince Me You Can't Branch by Purpose

Oct 9, 2008 • 1 min read • Richard Hundhausen

As I have stated before, I am amazed at how an organizations culture (read: dysfunctions or strengths) are reflected in their source control systems. This is a really a restatement of Don …

Preferred Practice TFS Development