Visual Studio business news : Project Visibility / Traceability

Moving from CVS or SVN (Subversion) to TFS (Visual STudio Team Foundation Server) ?

Dannawi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:09:00 GMT

Best of breed open source solution will not help you in supporting the best practices when building application software. Even if you invest a lot of time (and money), you will only acheive a minimum level of integration (source control and project management...(read more)

Integration between Word and TFS (Team Foundation Server) with Team Spec

Dannawi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:26:00 GMT

Have you heard about TeamSpec ? Team Spec provides rich team project artifact management directly inside Microsoft Office Word allowing specification, requirement, and other document content to maintain integrity with TFS (Visual Studio Team Foundation...(read more)

TCO : Visual Studio Team System or Open source ?

Dannawi — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:21:00 GMT

/ Disclaimer : remove the emotion while reading this post and be as cold in the analysis as an excel spreadsheet can be / / Disclaimer #2 : TCO include more than just the cost of the solution. Keep in mind that 80 to 85% of a devteam cost is based on...(read more)

Measuring ROI - Moving from Cost Centre To Strategic Partner

Dannawi — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 04:30:00 GMT

I recommand to read the blog post from Josh holmes about the importance of measuring ROI in our IT activities few extracts : "But, if you're not measuring the ROI, how can you talk to the business about the possible ROI?" The cheapest feature is the one...(read more)

Application Lifecycle – Total Cost of Ownership

Dannawi — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:38:00 GMT

What is your TCO for building and running your applications? How much of your budget are you spending just to keep the light on? What percentage of your investment (time and money) is creating new value Vs dealing with your legacy systems? Do you know...(read more)

[Team System compatibility] DOORS integration with Team Foundation Server

Dannawi — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:10:00 GMT

If you are using Telelogic DOORS for your requirements, please have a look at the new integration with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team Foundation Server Integration This Telelogic DOORS integration, for use with Microsoft...(read more)