eScrum 1.0

re: eScrum 1.0

S.Somasegar — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:06:53 GMT

Hi Sekhar,

There are no plans for eScrum with VSTS 2010 - if you have specific feedback, please contact mohan.thomas@microsoft.com.

-somasegar

re: eScrum 1.0

Sekhar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:10:16 GMT

Any plans to enhance eScrum along with VSTS 2010?

re: eScrum 1.0

John Wilkins — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:01:46 GMT

I found some interesting information on www.gatherspace.com for scrum and requirements.

http://www.gatherspace.com/static/scrum_software_development.html

Kind of a good way to manage the product backlog using scrum.

re: eScrum 1.0

benchr — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:21:54 GMT

New Version of Escrum is available.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55a4bde6-10a7-4c41-9938-f388c1ed15e9&displaylang=en

The changes and upgrades in this package are listed in the forum at : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1848044&SiteID=1

re: eScrum 1.0

Ianceicys — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:43:43 GMT

New Version of Escrum is available

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55a4bde6-10a7-4c41-9938-f388c1ed15e9&displaylang=en

The changes and upgrades in this package are listed in the forum at : http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1848044&SiteID=1

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=323628

-Ian Ceicys

re: eScrum 1.0

Raj — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:15:53 GMT

I have installed eScrum and completed the necessary installation steps. I could browse the home page but if select other tabs, got the following error.

System.Net.WebException: The request failed with HTTP status 404: .

at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)

Pl. How do i reslove this error?

Thanks

Raj

re: eScrum 1.0

Steven Tapping — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:19:14 GMT

Hi there,

I've installed escrum and connected it to TS, SharePoint, and have started a mini test project on it. I like it quite a lot. It's fast and straight to the point.

Most the the reports fail however because of inexistent Analysis services cubes (perspectives really)... do you know if escrum requires TS to be installed on SQL server 2k5 Enterprise or is the standard version enough?

Thanks,

Steven.

re: eScrum 1.0

Michael Leeds — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:34:36 GMT

If you would like an agile project management tool that has been around for years, you should look at VersionOne. You can download the free community edition as one way to get started.

VersionOne is Microsoft based, and supports Scrum, XP, and custom/hybrid approaches.

You can also contact me at Michael dot Leeds at VersionOne dot com

re: eScrum 1.0

benchr — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:40:28 GMT

For more information on eScrum please see this blog http://blogs.msdn.com/benchr/

re: eScrum 1.0

Clementino Mendonca — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:41:20 GMT

Simon mentioned above: “I don't understand. For ages you have stated that you can simply customise MSF for Agile. Is MSF for Agile dead? Also why is this a Web based tool when you have Team Explorer?”

This answer is quite simple - MSF for Agile Software Development is very ALIVE. As part of the VSTS and patterns & practices, the MSF team is investing in substantial improvements to MSF for Agile Software Development that we will deliver in future versions of Visual Studio Team System.

That said, VSTS provides a great platform for teams to evolve their own process, as the team that created eSCRUM did. They felt that they needed something substantially different from MSF Agile so they rolled their own in order to match some internal requirements that they were facing within their development team.

Each team needs to adopt the process that works for their organization and their project. This team invested enough in their process that they wanted to share it with the community at large through MSDN.

On another post above, Vatvars also mentioned that he tried to install eScrum, but it did not work on his system. eScrum was offered to the community as-is, and it is not an officially supported product so I can’t point to an escalation path (not sure if one exists yet) to help you troubleshoot the issue. In the meantime I would recommend for you to also take a look at Mike Azocar’s Scrum process template at Codeplex (http://www.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?ProjectName=VSTSScrum) and see if it will work better for your environment. If you drop me a line at _clemmend_at_microsoft_com_ (no underscores) and give me more detail, I can follow up internally.

Vatvars didn’t mention whether he had a chance of taking an in-depth look at Conchango’s Scrum template (http://scrumforteamsystem.com/cs/forums/default.aspx). It is also popular within Microsoft, and it has the advantage of having a large community around it, where you can get support and recommend feature requests.

I am seeing a lot of process templates being created here and there, and I would recommend process template creators to consider initiating a community around your work at CodePlex.

The MSF team specializes on helping you to adopt and customize the process template that best fits your team. You can find additional process templates from partners, covering a range of software engineering processes, at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718801.aspx

Best regards,

Clementino Mendonca – MSF Champion