Effective
Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Course 6214A: Three days; Instructor-Led
Introduction
Elements of this syllabus
are subject to change.
This three-day
instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage
source control management, a configurable build process, tools that aid in test
driven development, and process workflow all integrated directly into Visual
Studio 2008. By the end of the course, developers are equipped to use test-driven
techniques and proven software processes to create high-quality software with a
minimal change in overall effort.
This course is intended
for Enterprise IT Staff who actively participate in software development
projects. They participate in specification, design, coding, testing or project
management
After completing this
course, students will be able to:
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Describe integrated
Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) and how Visual Studio Team System
2008 aids the ALM process. |
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Identify the components
of Visual Studio Team System architecture and how these are used to improve
collaboration and increase the overall efficiency of the team development
process. |
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Describe project
management tools available in Visual Studio Team System. |
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Describe the Developer
and Architect tasks in Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe MSBuild
architecture and customize Team Build. |
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Access Version control
and use branching and merging effectively. |
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Describe tools used for
performance and code analysis. |
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Describe tools used for
performance and code analysis. |
Before attending this
course, students must have:
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Experience and
familiarity with process methodologies such as Microsoft Solutions Framework
(MSF). |
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Familiarity with
diagramming implementations, High-level database design, Distributed systems
design, Business requirements analysis. |
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Experience in using
source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis
tools, and possibly a unit testing suite. |
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Experience with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. |
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Experience in using
source code versioning control tools, bug reporting, tracking, analysis
tools, and possibly a unit testing suite. They should have experience with
Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 and some knowledge of Visual Basic
.NET or Visual C# code. |
Module 1: Overview of
Application Lifecycle Management
This module describes
integrated Application Life-Cycle Management (ALM) System and how Visual Studio
Team System aids ALM.
Lessons
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Introduction to
Application Lifecycle Management |
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Introduction to Team
Development Features in Visual Studio Team System 2008 |
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Introduction to ALM
Scenarios Supported by Visual Studio Team System |
Lab 1: Identifying the
Benefits of Having Process Guidance
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Using TFS Web Access to
access project information |
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Using Team Explorer to
access project information |
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Creating a Work Item and
route through different members in the team |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Identify Role-Based
Editions and the elements of Team Foundation Server. |
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Describe ALM scenarios
supported by Visual Studio Team System. |
Module
2: Using Visual Studio Team System in a Team
This module explains how
to develop and test team interactions with Visual Studio Team System TFS in
Team System. It also describes the use of Team System to improve collaboration
and the overall efficiency of the software development efforts.
Lessons
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Introduction to Visual
Studio Team System Architecture |
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Using Visual Studio Team
System in a Team |
Lab 2: Exploring Visual
Studio Team System for Teams
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Scheduling a Build |
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Automating Unit Testing |
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Filing Project Documents |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Describe Team Foundation
Client Tier, Application Tier, and Data Tier. |
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Describe the Visual
Studio Team System Client Architecture, Database, and Reporting. |
Module 3: Overview of
Project Management
This module explains how
to plan projects using MSF and use Process Guidance to customize process
templates. It also describes how to track projects through work items and
reports.
Lessons
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Overview of Microsoft
Solution Framework (MSF) |
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Overview of Project
Planning |
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Overview of Process Guidance |
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Overview of Process
Customization |
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Overview of Work Items |
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Overview of Project
Portal |
Lab 3: Overview of Project
Management Tools
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Customizing a process
using Process Template Editor |
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Creating a new project
using Project Creation Wizard in Team Explorer |
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Export Work Items to MS
Project |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Describe the Microsoft
Solution Framework. |
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Identify the tasks and
roles in the Application Development Lifecycle. |
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Describe the Process
Guidance workflow. |
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Identify the ways in
which a process can be customized. |
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Demonstrate work item
management. |
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Describe the features of
Team Project Portal. |
Module 4: Designing and
Developing a Software Solution in Visual Studio Team System
This module explains how
to minimize the complexity of distributed software by utilizing more tools than
simply code modeling. It also describes the Developer and Architect tasks of
Visual Studio Team System, and explains the need to map applications to the
physical environment in which they will run.
Lessons
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Designing a Solution |
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Using Database Design
Tools |
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Developing a Solution |
Lab 4: Designing a
Software Solution
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Creating and
Implementing a Class diagram |
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Managed Code Analyses
Using Database Schema |
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Implementing a unit test |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Use Visual Studio Team
System Architecture tools for designing a solution. |
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Use Visual Studio Team
System Database Designing tools for designing database. |
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Use Visual Studio Team
System Developer tools for developing a solution. |
Module 5: Introduction to
Version Control in Parallel Development
This module explains how
the build process works and how to utilize the customization and dynamic build
features.
Lessons
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Overview of MSBuild
architecture |
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Customizing Team Build |
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Integrating Testing in
Visual Studio Team System |
Lab 5: Customizing Team
Build
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Configuring the Build
Agent machine |
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Configuring Continuous
Integration Build |
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Integrating a test with
Build |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Describe MSBuild
architecture. |
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Customize Team Build. |
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Integrate a test with
Team Build |
Module 6: Introduction to
Version Control in Parallel Development
This module explains
features of the Version Control like branching, Merging, Locking models,
differencing and security.
Lessons
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Introduction to Version
Control Locking Models |
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Overview of Branching,
Differencing and Merging |
Lab 6: Defining Branching,
Differencing and Merging
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Creating a branch |
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Performing difference on
different branches |
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Performing a baseless
merge |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Describe version control
locking models. |
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Describe branching,
differencing and merging. |
Module 7: Introduction to
Advance Analyzing Tasks
This module explains how
performance analysis is done using performance tools and performance explorer.
It also explains the quality tools which ensure the quality of the application.
Lessons
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Overview of Performance
Analysis Tools |
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Overview of Code
Analysis Tools |
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Overview of Unit Testing |
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Overview of Performance
Profiling Tools |
Lab 7: Exploring Advanced
Analysis tools
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Creating a performance
session using Performance Wizard |
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Running tests of a given
profile using Application Performance Explore |
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Enabling code analysis
for managed code |
After completing this
module, students will be able to:
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Describe performance
analysis tools. |
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Describe code analysis
tools. |
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Describe unit testing
framework. |
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Demonstrate how to use
each performance profiling tool. |
Module 8: Overview of
Testing in Visual Studio Team System
This module explains how
to develop, operate, and interpret results obtained from web and load tests. It
also explains how to develop test cases.
Lessons
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Overview of Developing
Web Tests |
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Overview of Running Web
Tests |
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Overview of Developing
Load Tests |
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Overview of Interpreting
Test Results |
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Overview of Test Case
Development |
Lab 8: Overview of Testing
Tools
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Creating a test case
using Test Case Manager |
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Managing test cases |
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Creating a web test
request for a given scenario, using a given set of parameters |
After completing this
module, students will be able to
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Describe web test
development in Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe web test operation
in Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe load test
development in Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe load test
operation in Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe how test
results can be interpreted using Visual Studio Team System 2008. |
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Describe test case
development. |
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