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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 way in which it worked and better utilise the power of the Event Service (something you can see ...

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 Backlog Tasks – or SBT’s – which is why we’ve adopted this terminology for our Version 3.0 ...

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 both the presentation as well as our Beta 2 launch with a series of blog posts. To make ...

I'll be at Agile 2009 next week where I'm presenting two papers: On Monday the 24th of August at 4pm it's "Why (so many) Testers  (still) hate Agile" - which I'm co-presenting with friend, colleague and career tester Malcolm Beaton. On Wednesday the 26th of August at 2pm it's "The Prisoner's Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to ...

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 by coincidence, each of the three major versions of Scrum for Team System have had a different ...

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 Expected 1.x 1.2 ...

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 2010) brings with it many changes, many of which work together to produce what I believe is our ...

As part of work recently to improve how we test the Scrum for Team System template and tools across different platforms, we have discovered there are a few additional manual steps to take when you are installing the template in a distributed environment (i.e. you are using a remote WSS 3 or MOSS 2007 server to host your Team Project Portals). ...

It has been a busy time here at Conchango as we've been making plenty of changes to get Scrum for Team System working on Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server and also incorporating changes driven by community feedback and usage of the plugin on our own development projects. We should be ready to release after we ...

Now you don't have to... Position.Net ConsultantTechnology TeamIyas AlQasem, Director of TechnologyEgham, London, Client SiteDepartmentReporting toLocationConchango is the leading UK provider of technology solutions for business opportunities. We are a Microsoft Gold partner in 7 competencies, and are the only UK independent consultancy to ...