Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) synchronizes business goals and IT investment priorities, provides valuable insight into the software development lifecycle at each stage of the process, and can enable organizations to get the most value out of their IT investments. Companies like yours that have embraced ALM have already realized greater productivity. With Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft has the tools to help you adopt ALM and realize the benefits. This intensive one-day workshop will show you how.
Adopting Application Lifecycle Management is brought to you by Tallan and Microsoft. The workshop will be held from 8:30 AM until 5:00 PM on April 28, 2009 at the Microsoft Northeast Office at 201 Jones Rd., Sixth Floor Waltham, MA 02451 . Meals will be provided.
To register, reply to this email, use the link below or call 860.368.3083
Space is limited for this one-day intensive workshop…will you lock in your place at this game-changing training today?
Agenda
Agenda Item
Time
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Agenda Review, Microsoft Welcome, and Tallan Introduction
Overview of Tallan, experience with TFS and examples of TFS services
9:00 AM – 9:15AM
What is TFS?
Overview of Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Team System including how these tools can be utilized to help work through the development lifecycle.
9:15AM – 9:45 AM
Break
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM
From requirements to release – how to track what the developers work on, how to control what gets included in a release and how to automate the build & deployment process.
Review of the change management and source control capabilities of TFS and how it compares to other tools.
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
How do I improve the quality of our software? How do I measure whether we are continuously improving?
In-depth examination of the testing, code analysis and reporting features In TFS.
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
How do I get my development team, DBAs, operations and project management on the same page?
Separate the walls between these groups in your IT organization. Facilitate communication and coordination using the tools provided by TFS.
Anonymous
July 05, 2009
This is great and something new. Application Lifecycle Management, I haven't heard of this term earlier and hope that somehthing positive had resulted from this meeting.
