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• Descoping work in Scrum for Team System Version 3.0

  It’s always been possible to descope work in the Scrum for Team System template. But the method employed in Version 2.2 whilst functional, was quite fiddly, overly manual and not very “Scrummy”. When building 3.0 we took the opportunity to revamp the Read More... Posted 22 January 2010 16:08 by Anonymous | 5 Comments Filed under: Agile, TFS, Scrum, Project Management, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, .NET, Microsoft, Conchango, Product Ownership

• The TFS 2010 Product Backlog Ecosystem

  In Scrum for Team System 2.x Product Backlog Items (PBI’s) lived a simple life. They had an iteration path, an area path and were linked to Sprint Backlog Items (SBI’s). Confusingly, the more common terminology for SBI’s amongst non TFS users is Sprint Read More... Posted 11 November 2009 15:50 by Anonymous | 5 Comments Filed under: TFS, Scrum, Project Management, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, .NET, Microsoft, Quality, VSTS 2008, PDC 2009

• Scrum in the Enterprise with Visual Studio 2010

  Next week I’m speaking on Scrum in the Enterprise and Process Customisation with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 at PDC 2009 in Los Angeles. There is far more to Scrum for Team System Version 3.0 than I can possibly cover in the allotted time so I’m supporting Read More... Posted 11 November 2009 15:30 by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, Scrum, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, Microsoft, PDC 2009

• The Three Ages of Scrum for Team System Bugs

  The new bug model in Scrum for Team System 3.0 might look obvious at first, but it's taken a long while getting to where it is. Before I start delving into how the new bug model works, it's worth taking some time to describe what came before it. Almost Read More... Posted 01 August 2009 16:59 by Anonymous | 5 Comments Filed under: Agile, TFS, Scrum, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, .NET, Microsoft, Conchango, Quality, Testing, Agile Testing, VSTS 2008, VSTS 2005

• Scrum for Team System Version Numbers

  There has been some small amount of confusion around the Scrum for Team System version numbers, especially with the popularity of the 2010 TFS Beta.   This short post should help clarify things.   Version Latest Release TFS version Next version Read More... Posted 01 August 2009 13:12 by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Agile, TFS, Scrum, Project Management, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, .NET, Microsoft

• 3.0 from 30,000 feet

  To support the release of Beta 1 of Scrum for Team System 3.0 for 2010 , this is the first in a series of blog posts that will help you prepare for the release of the template and better plan your adoption strategy. Scrum for Team System 3.0 (for TFS Read More... Posted 28 July 2009 14:35 by Anonymous | 10 Comments Filed under: Agile, TFS, Scrum, Project Management, Scrum for Team System, VSTS 2010, .NET, Microsoft, Certified Scrum Developer