Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Jay Glynn — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:47:00 GMT

I was at TechEd in San Diego when this was announced. As long as Microsoft keeps the methodology and process "outside" the box, and allows me, as an Architect to decide what and how they should be allowed in the box, then I think it CAN be a great benefit. But I'm going to tell you that MSF Agile sounds like a contradiction in terms to me ;-)...

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Keith Rowe — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:51:00 GMT

Jay,

They are definitely "outside" the box, in the sense that you have complete control over whether you use any particular process and you'll be able to edit the methodology templates to adjust them to your needs.

As for MSF Agile - it will be a very different beast than MSF v3. I'm pretty excited about what we have so far and I'll share it as we lock it down.

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Keith Rowe — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:52:00 GMT

Randy Miller also did a great demo at a TechEd cabana session where he showed a custom methodology template that implemented the idea of a use case that could be handed around the team.

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re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Cesar Gonzalez-Perez — Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:48:00 GMT

Most people would agree that one size does not fit all. So, in addition to MSF Formal and MSF Agile, what facilities will Visual Studio Team System have to let users customise these variants to their specific needs? Or, what features are included in MSF itself to support process customisation? Is process customisation part of MSF and Visual Studio Team System? Any feedback on these issues will be welcome. Thanks.

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Keith Rowe — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:27:00 GMT

Cesar,

Yes, you'll absolutely be able to create your own methodologies or customize ours to your needs. We're still working out all the details on how customization will be done.

The methodology template is an XML file that you'll be able to edit. You'll also need to create additional help documents and other supporting documents that model your methodology (MS Project templates, Excel spreadsheets, Word docs, etc.)

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Mickey Gousset — Mon, 07 Jun 2004 19:51:00 GMT

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE provide some more hints on MSF Agile. I am a newcomer to Agile Development Methods, but I am pretty sold on what I have seen so far of them, and getting in on the ground floor of something like MSF Agile sounds, for the lack of a better phrase, "really cool!"

re: Methodologies - our process, your process, no process

Cesar Gonzalez-Perez — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:07:00 GMT

Thanks Keith. That makes sense.

I work as a researcher in OO and AO methodologies at the University of Technology, Sydney, and I am also giving a course in .NET. Being able to unite these two streams of work would be great, and VSTS seems to point in the right direction!

Regards,
Cesar

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