Comparing traditional and Agile methodologies

• Waterfall
• CMMI
• Scrum
• XP
• Benefiting from value-driven development
• Scheduling releases, iterations and Sprints
• Achieving XP best practices with TFS

Surveying TFS features

• Team collaboration
• Process templates
• Version control
• Automated builds
• Integrated tests

Evaluating TFS editions

• Choosing Team Foundation Server vs. TFS Express
• Exploiting Visual Studio Team Services

Installing TFS

• Planning a TFS installation
• Creating collections with the administrative console
• Managing project security and group membership with the Web control panel

Securing TFS projects

• Assigning permissions to security groups
• Adding users to teams and projects
• Restricting user rights
• Configuring user alerts

Creating projects for TFS and Visual Studio Team Services

• Comparing the built-in Scrum, CMMI and Agile process templates
• Specifying source control
• Customizing process templates

Mapping TFS and Agile process terms

• Defining epics and user stories as TFS work items
• Inputting features and backlog items
• Estimating and prioritizing work items
• Breaking backlog items into tasks

Organizing backlogs

• Scheduling start and end dates for releases and Sprints
• Assigning backlog items to iterations and team members
• Recording work remaining and status
• Monitoring team progress

Collaborating on code with Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) and Git

• Selecting centralized vs. distributed version control
• Synchronizing local repositories with the master repository
• Viewing project history with changesets

Connecting to TFS from Visual Studio Team Explorer

• Checking out and checking in source code
• Merging changesets from multiple developers
• Branching for release management and maintenance
• Resolving multi-user conflicts
• Adding existing code to TFS source control

Integrating version control with client applications

• Plugging TFVC into Windows Explorer
• Linking TFS to Eclipse and Xcode
• Executing TFS commands in the console

Creating, running and automating builds

• Defining and scheduling builds
• Managing releases and deployments
• Controlling build output

Crafting quality software through continuous testing

• Integrating unit testing into builds
• Leveraging Visual Studio code analysis and testing tools
• Creating TFS test scripts for manual testing
• Documenting and tracking bugs

Managing backlogs and querying TFS content

• Assigning work to iterations
• Querying and defining iteration backlogs
• Visualizing work-in-progress with Kanban boards
• Monitoring progress with burndown charts