Rangers May 2011 Flash
Projects News
- CodedUI (VSCUG) project is in the middle of sprint 3. The team is working on the guidance outline and also making great progress with the Word Extension for CodedUI testing.
- Word4TFS (TFSWP) project is in entrenched in iteration 3. Installers for Office 2007 and 2010 are imminent, which will trigger another wave of rigorous testing.
- Branching Guidance (TFSBG) … a preliminary list of Epics for the next release of the guidance is being circulated for refinement and prioritization.
- Lab Management Guide (AHE-TFSLM) project is in final technical review by User Education (UE) and VM Factory testing. Release imminent.
- Build Customization Guide (ATE-VSBCG) project has just completed the review by User Education (UE) and the final team review. Team is awaiting approval to post to Codeplex. Release imminent.
- TFS Iteration Automation (AFE-TFSIA) project is wrapping up the architecture design, with construction planned to commence in sprint 4, starting June.
Community News
- We added the following new Rangers Index entries this month: Brian Minisi, Danny Crone.
Visual Studio ALM Rangers Ecosystem
- The External Ranger “ Champions ” 2011.1 have been selected by the community of Rangers. Well done Mike, Ed, Francisco and Neno!
- The Extended Ranger Champions and the Champion of Champions 2011 have been nominated and will be announced on the Ranger MSDN Landing Page and the Ranger Blog shortly.
- The new Rangers Project Nomination process has entered the second phase.
- The Visual Studio ALM Rangers manifesto has gone through a few minor revisions and the support by the Rangers is growing.
- Bill Heys will be presenting “Branching Techniques for Greater Agility” at the 2011 Engineering Forum on June 6, 2011 in Redmond, WA.
- Battling to remember all the Ranger URLs? Just remember https://tinyurl.com/rangersportal, which takes you to our portal where all the URLs, “how-to’s” and other information for the active Rangers can be found.
Closing Humo(u)r
… no challenge is too big for the Rangers, even if at first it looks impossible J
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