visual studio alm rangers awareness
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Presenting the Community behind Visual Studio guidance and tooling initiatives.TRANSCRIPT
Out-of-band solutions for feature gaps and value-add guidance for the ALM community
AGENDA
History
Ecosystem
Solutions
References
HistoryEcosystemSolutionsReferencesConclusion
We’re all about passion 4 technology
ALM Ranger History
2006Started as a collaboration between Microsoft Services andProduct Groups.
2009Expanded collaboration to include ALM MVPs and ALM Community leads
2011/12Demonstrated ability to SIM-SHIP with Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8, delivering practical guidance when it is most needed
Technology Passion Innovation Experience
Eagerness to share
Practical Guidance
Tools
Razor Sharp Focus Community
What makes us tick?
ALM Ranger Community
Product Groups
Services DPE ALMMVPs
ALM Communities
Microsoft ALM Rangers Community ALM Rangers
DevX Customer and Project Management – Community Team
Types of ALM Rangers
AssociateALM Ranger
ALM RangerDistinguishedALM Ranger
HonoraryALM Ranger
Stakeholder ALM Ranger
Visual Studio ALM Ranger Types
Active Contribution Roles Supporting Roles
Project Team Roles
Contributors ReviewersSubject Matter Experts
Product Owner
Project | LeadMentor
Visual Studio ALM Ranger Team
Project Lead Supporting Roles
How do you join?
NominationAn active ALM Ranger has to nominate you to become an Associate ALM Ranger
Find an ALM RangerFind an active ALM Ranger in your community, in the Rangers Index 1 or contact Willy-Peter Schaub 2
2 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/willy-peter_schaub/contact.aspx
1 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=247832
How do you stay?
ContributeContribute to ALM Rangers by actively contributing to and/or reviewing and/or testing solutions.
LeadTake an active lead role as project lead, team lead mentor and/or Ruck Master.
MembershipALM Rangers are re-nominated annually based on their most recent contributions.
Visual Studio 2012 Readiness SolutionsPractical Kanban Guide
Supporting GuidanceRuck, Personas, TF Service
TFS Upgrade Guide
TFS Planning Guide
TFS Template Customization Guide
Branching & Merging Guide
Lab Management Guide
Test Tooling GuideCoded UI, MTM, Test Release Management
Build Customization Guide
Architecture Tooling Guide
VM Factory Tooling and Guide
Quick Reference Guide
Practical Kanban Guide
Intent• Practical guidance for teams new to Kanban
and using a manual paper-based Kanban board• Support for Kanban in Team Foundation Server.
TeamAdam Gilmore, Gregg Boer, Jahangeer Mohammed, Ognjen Bajic, Rob Jarratt, Rob Maher, Stephen Godbold and Thomas Schissler
Practical Guidance
Metrics to track and improve team’s process
KANBAN
Supporting Guidance
Intent• Research whitepapers and practical guidance
supporting other ALM Ranger projects..• Personas and customer profile definitions.
TeamAaron Bjork; Bijan Javidi; Brian Blackman; Caroline Williams; Chandana Athauda; Erwyn van der Meer; Ethem Azun; Gaurav Aggarwal; Mario Contreras; Mario Rodriguez; Oliver Hilgers; Shawn Cicoria; Tim Omta; Tim Star; Tina Erwee; Willy-Peter Schaub
Whitepapers and supporting guidance
Personas and customer profiles
African Black Eagle
Supporting
Guidance
TFS Upgrade Guide
IntentUpgrade scenarios and post-upgrade issues for Team Foundation Server and associated technologies.
TeamChristian Nielsen, Ed Holloway, Jeff Bramwell, Jim Szubryt, Mike Abrahamson, Petr Moravek, Pramod Vasanth
Partner ProjectTeam Foundation Server Planning Guide
Upgrade guidance
Pre- and post upgrade checklists
2008/10 11
Team Foundation Server PlanningIntentPractical and scenario based guidance for the implementation of Team Foundation Server. Do you need one or more Team Foundation Servers, one or more Team Project Collections, one or more Team Projects and one or more Teams?
TeamDaniel Meixner, Gregg Boer, Jansson Lennart, Jim Szubryt, Mario Rodriguez, Prasanna Ramkumar, Tina Erwee, Willy-Peter Schaub
Partner ProjectTeam Foundation Server Upgrade Guide
Practical and Scenario Based Guidance
Do you need one or more of …
African Cape Vulture (ACV)
TFS Template Customization GuideIntentPractical and scenario based guidance for the customization of Team Foundation Server Process Template and or Work Item Type.
TeamAndré Dias, Claudio Leie, Clementino de Mendonca, Tiago Pascoal, Ewald Hofman, Giulio Vian, John Bergman, Mario Contreras, Nico Orschel, Pete Elliott, Pierre Donyegro, Rene Schumacher, Roy Robertson, Silfarney Wallace, Stawinski Fabio, Vladimir Gusarov, Willy-Peter Schaub
Practical Guidance
Sample PowerShell scripts and custom controls
Pierre Donyegro
Branching & Merging Guide
IntentReal world and practical guidance around branching and merging with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server by the Visual Studio ALM Rangers.
TeamBijan Javidi, Bill Heys, Bob Jacobs, Brian Minisi, Clementino de Mendonca, Daniel Manson, James Pickell, Jens Suessmeyer, Lennart Jansson, Mathias Olausson, Matt Velloso, Micheal Learned, Neno Loje, Oliver Hilgers, Sin Min Lee, Taavi Koosaar, Tony Whitter, Willy-Peter Schaub
Branching
Merging
Cape Eagle Owl
Lab Management Guide
IntentPractical and scenario based and hands-on guidance for the planning, setup, configuration and usage of Visual Studio Lab Management, backed by custom VM Template automation for reference environments.
TeamJohn Bergman, Manish Ahuja, Richard Florance, Thomas Isler, Mathias Olausson, Vijay Machiraju, Willy-Peter Schaub
Practical Guidance
Sample templates
African Hawk Eagle (AHE)
Test Tooling Guide
IntentGuidance and tooling to support scenarios for test case and test plan release management, including reporting and base-lining: sprint to sprint, release to release, and moving a feature through the branching guidelines scenarios.
TeamAdimulam Sudheer; Casey O'Mara; Cesar Solis Brito; Christofer Löf; Claudio Leie; Daniel Margetic; Danny Crone; Harish Reddy Kothapalli; Hassan Fadili; Richard Albrecht; Richard Fennell; Tim Star
Coded UI
Microsoft Test Manager
Test Release Management Guide
IntentGuidance and tooling to support scenarios for test case and test plan release management, including reporting and base-lining: sprint to sprint, release to release, and moving a feature through the branching guidelines scenarios.
TeamBob Hardister, Mattias Skold, Lukasz Gratkowski, Hassan Fadili and Mahesh Babu Nalla
Coded UI
Microsoft Test Manager
Bob Hardister
Build Customization Guide
IntentDeliver scenario based and hands-on lab guidance for the customization and deployment of Team Foundation Build
TeamAdimulam Sudheer, André Dias, Bill Heys, Bijan Javidi, Bob Hardister, Brandon Hawbaker, Brian Blackman, Brian Minisi, Daniel Franco Abrahão de Oliveira, David Corbin, Ed Blankenship, Ewald Hofman, Fabio Casado, Fabio Stawinski, Francisco Albarracín, Giulio Vian, Hassan Fadili, Jahangeer Mohammed, Jakob Ehn, Jeff Bramwell, Jens Süßmeyer, Jim Lamb, John Jacob, John Spinella, Joseph Abukhader, Leonard Woody III, Mark Nichols, Mathias Olausson, Mike Douglas , Mike Fourie, Nico Orschel, Oliver Hilgers, Patricia Wagner, Petr Moravek, Pierre Donyegro, Rahul Chugh, Richard Fennell, Sai Chirravuri, Silfarney Wallace, Steven Lange, Stuart Preston, Sven Hubert, Thomas Schissler, Tiago Pascoal, Tim Star, Tony Feissle, William Bartholomew, Willy-Peter Schaub
Practical Guidance
Reference Build Templates and BRDLite
African Tawny Eagle(ATE)
Architecture Tooling Guide
IntentFocuses on modeling tools and includes understanding and reverse engineering an existing application or starting a new application from scratch.
TeamAbhimanyu Singhal, Alan Wills, Bijan Javidi, Christof Sprenger, Clemens Reijnen, Clementino de Mendonca, David Trowbridge, Edward Bakker, Eric Golpe, Francisco Xavier Fagas Albarracín, Gaurav Aggarwal, Hassan Fadili, Hosam Kamel, John Bergman, Marcel de Vries, Mathias Olausson, Michael Lehman, Randy Miller, Raul Guerrero Carreon, Rob Steel, Shawn Cicoria, Suhail Dutta , Tiago Pascoal, Willy-Peter Schaub
Designing Solutions
Analyzing Solutions
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African Black Eagle
VM Factory Tooling & Guide
IntentGuidance and a reference implementation of a software solution that automates the creation of Microsoft environments, in particular Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server.
TeamBijan Javidi, Paul Meyer, Rui Melo, Ramon Aldana Borjes, Kris Lankford, Willy-Peter Schaub
Practical Guidance
VM Build Automation
Rui Melo
Quick Reference Guide
Intent• Overview of Visual Studio and Team Foundation
Server in the form of compact, quick reference sheets.
• Users who are unfamiliar with Visual Studio get a “quick” overview of features, value and associated Rangers guidance.
TeamBijan Javidi, Chris Burrows, Charles Sterling, David Scruggs, David Hay, Grant Holliday, Robert MacLean, Willy-Peter Schaub
Quick overview during 5min coffee break
Posters and cheat sheets
Charles Sterling
References
Understanding the ALM Rangershttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=247829
Visual Studio ALM Ranger Solutionshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ee358787
Visual Studio ALM Ranger Twitter Listhttps://twitter.com/#!/HosamKamel/almrangers
Interesting ALM Ranger articles
CodeprojectHow the Visual Studio ALM Rangers use Team Foundation Service to Get Ready for Visual Studio 11 1
MSDN MagazineVisual Studio ALM Rangers - Rise of the VM Factory 2
Visual Studio ALM Rangers - Reflections on Virtual Teams 3
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Branching and Merging Guidance 4
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Team Project and Collection Guidance 5
4 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/gg598921.aspx
3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/hh394152.aspx
2 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/hh580740.aspx
1 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/324056/How-the-Visual-Studio-ALM-Rangers-use-Team-Foundat
5 http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/gg983486.aspx
“Rucking” in Visual Studio is our business …
Thinking outside the Studio is our passion!
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