This post describes a strategy for configuring a virtual machine image to use for conversion of source code from VSS to TFS. It uses a virtual machine image and developers that are ready to do a conversion launch an instance of the virtual machine with the migration prerequisites already installed. By simplifying and streamlining the process to a few steps [...]
April 27, 2010
No Wonder Agile Guys Shun Tools
I’ve seen a lot of attempts to convert Agile whiteboards like this into software… And, in my opinion, they’re all crap. Here’s an example: Sure it looks nice. And looking nice is what fools you into thinking that it does something useful, when in fact it doesn’t. It adds absolutely no value to the manual [...]
April 26, 2010
Why Agile and Team System are Great but Don’t Get Along, and What We’re Doing About It
After 20 years of being frustrated with software lifecycle management tools, we’re finally doing something about it. The Exia Process is our answer. Over the next few years, we’ll find out if people like it, whether it’s useful, and most importantly, whether it helps people run software projects better. The Exia Process is a tool that [...]
December 19, 2009
The Complexity of Team Foundation Server
As momentum to adopt TFS builds, many organizations and individuals are overwhelmed by its complexity. They feel as though “we’ve bought the Dreamliner. Now if we could just figure out how to make it take off, fly to Paris and land.” In a large company where we’re assisting with migration from Visual Source Safe to [...]
December 8, 2009
TFS 2010 User Security Configuration
Configuring user security in Team Foundation Server can be confusing, since security has to be set at three levels: TFS, SharePoint and Reporting Services. Because it’s complex, many people resort to using the TFS Power Tools. The problem with this method is that you don’t ever really have a clear understanding of how security should be [...]
December 7, 2009
VSS to TFS 2010 Migration
We’ve been implementing a large TFS 2010 installation and recently started the migration from VSS. I’m writing to say that so far I’m impressed with the migration tool. It’s clearly documented in the MSDN library. A couple of XML configuration files drive the app. After setting up the config files you launch the migration process from the command [...]
December 7, 2009
Team Foundation Server
We’ve been working in a large organization to install Team Foundation Server and to implement Agile methodologies. There are a hundred developers and approximately 90 applications developed over twenty years. We went with TFS 2010 primarily for the 32 bit support and have been pleased so far with the quality. The installation is vastly improved. [...]
September 1, 2010
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