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Vinicius Moura
Ricardo Serradas
What's new for Team Foundation Server 2015
for Agile software development

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static class Program
{
static void Main()
{
List<string> features = GetAllFeatures();
foreach (string feature in features)
{
if (isItEnabledOnTFSRTM(feature) == true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Show it on TFS On Premises");
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Show it on Visual Studio Online");
}
}
}
private static List<string> GetAllFeatures()
{
return new List<string> { "Feature1_TFSRTMAndVSO", "Feature2_VSO", "Feature3_TFSRTMaAndVSO" };
}
private static bool isItEnabledOnTFSRTM(string feature)
{
return feature.Contains("TFSRTM");
}
}
Presentation Logic

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Backlog and bug management
• The Epic portfolio backlog has been added
• Backlogs and portfolio backlogs are now team-configurable
• Track bugs as requirements or as tasks has been added as a team-configurable option
• Quickly expand and collapse the product backlog hierarchy with Parents Show/Hide control
• Multi-select items on the product backlog
• Add card-editable fields and tags to the task board
• Unparented tasks now appear on the task board
• Quickly filter your product and portfolio backlogs with the Key word filter control
• Adding work directly to a sprint

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Kanban board
• Add, edit, and reorder items directly on the board
• Reorder cards when changing columns
• Drag any item to an iteration from anywhere
• Implement a pull system using split columns of Doing and Done
• Add custom swimlanes to track work at different service classes
• Support team policies for handoff by specifying a column's Definition of done
• Customize cards to display card-editable fields
• Card* and Tags coloring
• Include/exclude the first column of the Kanban board from the Cumulative flow diagram, as well as set the start
date
• Quickly filter the board with the Key word filter control

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Work item form and query enhancements
• @CurrentIteration macro allows you to create queries that automatically update based on the team's
current iteration.
• Quickly filter query results with the Key word filter control
• Enhancements in the Assigned To field, allowing query and showing Name, Account and Avatar

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Process template enhancements
• Agile, CMMI, and Scrum process templates have been renamed, locked, and are now versionless
• Scaled Agile Framework more fully supported by adding the Epic work item type and portfolio backlog
and the Value Area (Business vs. Architectural) and the Time Criticality fields.
• Multiple activities per team member

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References
TFS 2015 RTM Release Notes
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/tfs2015-vs.aspx
Scaled Agile Framework
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2015/05/15/scaled-agile-framework-
visual-studio-online-process-template-updates.aspx
Visual Studio Online Features Timeline
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/release-archive-vso.aspx

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Thanks!