TeamCompanion is a first class Team Foundation Server (TFS) client within Outlook. In addition to the standard TFS client features, TeamCompanion leverages Outlook features providing unique capabilities that lead to better collaboration and communication among project stakeholders. TeamCompanion has rich support for Scrum. Here is the list of some of related features: Product/Sprint Backlog UI, Support for Teams, real time statistics and Burndown chart, Velocity chart, Drag-and-drop support for reordering and assignment, quick add PBI UI and many more. Presentation is based on Aaron Bjorks “Scrum with TeamFoundation Server 2010” (http://www.slideshare.net/aaronbjork/scrum-with-tfs-2010).

1. Scrum
with
TeamCompanion
Ognjen Bajic
Based on
Ana Roje Ivancic Aaron Bjork: Scrum with Team Foundation Server 2010

2. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

3. What is Scrum?
~ An agile, lightweight framework for Project
Management
~ Is used to manage and control software and
product development using iterative,
incremental practices
~ Wraps existing engineering practices
~ Is driven by daily and monthly feedback
loops
~ Is ideally suited for projects with rapidly
changing or highly emergent requirements

4. Sprint
TRANSPARENCY
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
INSPECTION Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
ADAPTATION
Scrum

5. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

6. TeamCompanion
The Best TFS client for MS Outlook
Outlook TFS
• Emails • Work Items
• Appointments • Work Item Queries
• Reminders • Reports
• Tasks • Builds
• Documents
Provides for better collaboration, efficient
Agile Project Management and increased
productivity in daily tasks.

7. Fully Featured TFS Client
~ Work Item Management
 Add new/related WIs with one click
 Embedded Work Item Form
~ Work Item Queries (flat/hierarchical)
~ Reports and Sharepoint Documents
~ Agile Project Management
~ Offline work and „What if” analysis
~ Clever graphical UI with Drag’n’Drop support

8. Deep integration of Outlook and TFS
~ Easy transition of data between Outlook object
and TFS artifacts
 Create WI from Mail
 Create Mail/Task/Meeting from WI
 Send „Done” mails with one click
~ Scheduled execution of WI Queries
 Outlook style notification of changed WIs
~ Show Queries and Reports in Favorites
~ Powerfull Searching, Filtering and Grouping
 Full text search and search with custom expressions
eg. [Remaining work]>4

9. Working with TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

10. TeamCompanion’s Look and Feel

11. Create Work Item from Mail

12. Sceduled Work Item Queries

13. Filtering and Grouping

14. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

15. How do you Plan the Project?
~ Product Backlog
 Evolving ordered list of PBIs (Product Backlog
Items - Requirements)
 Describes what users need and value
 Owned by the Product Owner
 Each PBI is written from the user’s perspective
 As a <type of user> I want <some goal> so that
<some reason>.

16. Planning the Project
~ Done by Product Owner and Team
~ Product Backlog grooming
 Backlog lists PBIs sorted by priority order
 New PBIs added on end of Product Backlog
 Product Owner re-prioritizes the Backlog
~ Team estimates PBIs in Story Points
~ PBIs are planned for upcoming Sprints

17. Planning the Project
Product Backlog
“As a new customer I want to
PBIs
register online so I can use
5 the services offered”
8
5
PBIs are listed on the
Priority
backlog in priority order each PBI
The team estimates
3
using story points
8
New PBIs are added to the
1 product backlog

18. Planning the Project
Product Backlog
PBIs are planned for
PBIs completion in upcoming
Sprint 3
3
sprints
3
3
Priority
Sprintproduct owner re-
The 4
4
prioritizes the backlog
4
4

19. Sprint
Daily
•Product Backlog UI
Standup
•Velocity Diagram
•D’n’D ordering of PBIs Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
Scrum with
TeamCompanion

20. Planning the Project with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Fully featured Product Backlog UI
 Product Backlog list
 Velocity Diagram
 How many PBI-s were implemented in previous
sprints (measured in Story Points)?
 Embedded real-time statistics
~ Actions
 Quickly reorder PBIs using Drag’n’Drop
 Easily add new PBIs with one click

21. Planning the Project with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

22. Product Backlog Product Backlog view
PM
node in
Outlook
tree

23. Product Backlog
Velocity
chart
Quickly
add new
PBIs
Product
PBIs estimated in Capacity per
Backlog
Story Points Sprint

24. Product Backlog
New PBIs
created by
Product
Owner
New PBIs added
Save on top with
changes negative ID

25. Product Backlog
New PBIs
created
from Mails

26. Product Backlog
Each PBI is
sorted by priority
and assigned a
story point value
Drag’n’Drop support for reordering of PBIs

27. Product Backlog Save or discard changes
Edited PBI-s
shown in
italics

28. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

29. What is Sprint Planning?
~ Sprint Planning meeting
~ Product Owner and Team add PBIs to Sprint
Backlog
~ Each PBI is decomposed into tasks and
estimated
~ Team commits to each PBI
 If PBI can not be done, it is removed and
possibly replaced with smaller PBI
~ Team is ready ot start working

30. Planning a Sprint Based on estimates
the team commits to
each PBI
Product Backlog Iteration Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
3
Commit!
3
3
The team breaks
During the sprint down each PBI into Commit!
planning meeting, the tasks
product owner and
the team add PBIs to
the sprint The team thinks
Can’t
this PBI is more
Commit!
work than they can
commit to…

31. The sprint is now
Planning a Sprint planned and the team
is ready to get
started!
Product Backlog Iteration Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
3
Commit!
3
3
?
3
The larger PBI is Commit!
removed from the
sprint and the team
considers a smaller
PBI on the backlog
Commit!
The team can commit
to this smaller PBI

32. Sprint
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
•Sprint Backlog UI
•Team Support
•Capacity Planning
•D’n’D assignment of PBIs
and Tasks
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
Scrum with
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs TeamCompanion

33. Planning a Sprint with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Fully featured Sprint Backlog UI
 Sprint Backlog list
 Support for managing Teams
 Capacity planning
 Embedded real-time statistics
~ Actions
 Quickly assign PBIs and Tasks using Drag’n’Drop
 Easily decompose PBIs into Tasks with one click

34. Planning a Sprint with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

35. Sprint Backlog Select a Sprint
Capacity per
Team Member
Sprint
Backlog
Capacity per Sprint

36. Manage Team Settings
Team Settings

37. Planning a Sprint Select a Sprint
Sprint settings
related to
Capacity
Set date range for the Sprint
Set planned
member and
team
interruptions
Adjust
capacity for
each team
member
Save changes

38. Planning a Sprint
Product Owner
uses team velocity
to help plan for
upcoming sprints
Product
Owner sets
capacity for
the sprint
Save changes

39. Planning a Sprint Product Backlog view
Analyse sum
of planned
story points
Plan top PBIs
Drag’n’Drop PBIs
for the next
on the Sprint
Sprint

40. Planning a Sprint Save changes
Velocity graph
is updated
Changed
PBI-s shown Capacity per
in italics Sprint is updated

41. Planning a Sprint Sprint Backlog view
Capacity
per team
member
PBIs in Sprint Capacity
Backlog per Sprint

42. Planning a Sprint
Each task is
estimated in
hours
Capacity
per Sprint is
Team breaks PBIs into tasks updated

43. Planning a Sprint
Drag’n’Drop
Tasks on
member
Assign tasks
to team
members Capacity per
member is
updated

44. Planning a Sprint One team
member has
too much
work assigned

45. Planning a Sprint Reassing
some task to
other team
member

46. Planning a Sprint Save changes
Work load is
now balanced
across the
team
Assign all tasks to team
members using D’n’D

47. Planning a Sprint Sprint planning is
complete!
Team is comfortable with
committing to this plan

48. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

49. Running a Sprint
~ Tracking Progress
 Daily Sprint meeting
 Record completed work daily
 How much work is completed
 How much work needs still to be done
 Use reports and dashboards
~ Preparation of “potentially shippable”
increment
~ Demonstration of delivered business value
~ Retrospective

50. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
The team starts
work on the tasks…

51. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
Remaining Completed
100
80
60
40
20
0
Completed work is 2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22
reported daily

52. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
Remaining Completed
100
80
60
40
20
0
2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22

53. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
Each PBI has been
implemented
Remaining Completed
100
80
60
40
20
0
2/1 2/8 2/15 2/22
All work for the sprint is
“done-done”

54. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
And the team has
developed a
“potentially
The team holds a demo
shippable”
to show the value they
increment
have delivered

55. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
The latest
increment is
shipped to
customers

56. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
PBIs and tasks are cleared
from the backlog – the team
delivered on its commitment
PBIs delivered in the last
The team holds a sprint are closed
retrospective…
What worked?
What didn’t work?
What can the team do to improve?

57. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
User Stories PBIs Tasks (hours)
New PBIs are added
to the Product
Backlog

58. Running a Sprint
Product Backlog Sprint Backlog
PBIs PBIs Tasks (hours)
The backlog is prioritized
and ready for the team to
plan the next sprint

59. Sprint
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog •Burndown Chart
•Remaining Capacity Charts
•Full-text search for Work Items
• Sprint Backlog UI
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
• Team Support Scrum with
• Capacity Planning
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs
• D’n’D assignment of PBIs and Tasks
TeamCompanion

60. Running a Sprint with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Integrated UI for burndown and progress
tracking
 Sprint Backlog UI
 Real-time Burndown chart
 Real-time Remaining Capacity charts
 Full-text search for Work Items
 Various filtering options
~ Actions
 Quickly reassign PBIs and Tasks using Drag’n’Drop
 Update remaining/completed work

61. Running a Sprint with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

62. Running a Sprint Burndown
chart
refreshes in
real time
Remaining capacity
per team member

63. Running a Sprint Burndown chart
tracks
remaining and
completed work
Remaining
Work is done capacity is
refreshed

64. Agenda
~ Scrum
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

65. TRANSPARENCY Sprint
• Scheduled work item queries
• Highlighted changes
• Easy “Done” email Daily
• “One Click” Reports Standup
• Work Item Hierarchies
• Work item Reminders Potentially
Shippable
INSPECTION Increment
Product Sprint • Burndown Chart • Send Work Item
Backlog Backlog • Remaining Capacity Charts Query as Email
• Full-text search for Work
Items
ADAPTATION
• Rich Work Item Management features
• Email-Work Item Bridge
• Offline Support and “What-If” Analysis
• Sprint Backlog UI
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
• Team Support Scrum with
• Capacity Planning
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs
• D’n’D assignment of PBIs and Tasks
TeamCompanion

66. Thank you!
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