Delivering high quality software is a risky undertaking. Development and Quality Assurance Managers are in a tight partnership over the war against software bugs. Software quality issues not only delay the time to market for a solution while increasing costs, but they also delay the subsequent benefits to the business. In a business world of increasing focus on compliance and control, Development and QA Managers must balance the need for agility against the reality of quality control. High quality software is the outcome of applying the combination of sound methodologies, best practices and supportive tooling. This session will outline how to deliver high quality software through Agile and will demonstrate how to apply its practices to your projects and having them supported through tools like Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server.

1. Delivering High Quality Software Through Agile John Bristowe Sr. Developer Evangelist Microsoft Canada

2. Go from there…to here.

3. Plan everything early with high fidelity Freeze requirements before design Forbid coding prior to detailed design review Process Conventional Software Development

4. Poorly understood, incomplete requirements Process Delivery of wrong application Poor performance and scalability Little-to-no design Little-to-no unit testing Compressed testing Tests delayed by broken builds Defects found by customers. Problems with the Conventional

5. Process Average costoverrun 45%

6. Process Average timeoverrun 63%

7. Process Functionality delivered on average 67%

8. Process $59 billion in lost productivity in the US

9. Process 64% of this cost is born by “end users”

10. Process Why Agile?

11. Process Gartner Forrester By end of 2012, agile development methods will be utilized in 80% of all software development projects. Right now, 45% of developers and IT professionals use agile methods

12. Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server The ALM Enablement Platform Turn Business Ideas into Software End to End Alignment and Visibility The “Right” Thing Ensure Quality Throughout the Lifecycle Done “Right” Build For Change The “Right” Way

14. Implementing Process Through Tooling Check-in Tasks UserStories Business Analyst Developer Team Build Bug Tests Build Tester

15. Implementing Process Through Tooling Check-in Tasks UserStories Business Analyst Developer Bug Tests Non .Net Build Developer Tester

16. Implementing Process Through Tooling Office SharePoint Team Web Access Visual Studio Eclipse Cross Platform 3rd Party Microsoft Test Manager

17. Process Templates

18. Revolves Around Work Items

19. People and Process (with Tools): TFS Process templates available out-of-the-box Processes can be modelled into TFS through Custom code/API solutions Third-party solutions If you don’t have a process, TFS can help through built-in process templates If you have a process, you can extend TFS to support it

20. DEMO: TFS for the Developer Manager

21. Empowers you to gain greater visibility and predictability in your projects

22. Bridges the gap between people and process with tools.

23. Flexible to your processes and workflows

25. 3 Real World Software Development Management Bringing to life what we’ve covered through real-world examples.

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