MSF Agile Sample Project Implementation

Hi,
I have gone through the various blogs by rob caron and other MSF ppl and it doesnt seem to provide an exact picture of how to go about creating a project based on MSF agile template. I am able to understand the various "Scenarios, "Activities associated with the scenarios, but following things are not clear
1. How to link the scenarios,activities, workitems... or rather how to create an hierachy for the same
2. How do these actually map to the the differnt "Areas", "Iterations", "Discipline" in the team project
3. How do i put schedule on the work items. Presently the "Details"provides me total work hours . Can we have start date and end dates similar tothe microsoft project plan
4. Can we have a sample project which lists down all the scenarios, activities, work items. different roles using the msf agile template

TIA
Paritosh

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MSF Agile Sample Project Implementation

DEWright_CA

Hi Randy,

Now I know you guys are extremely busy, but how about releasing a beta version of a sample project rather than us waiting for the full thing to be written and tested etc

My 2 cents worth.

Thanks,
David
EzraJW
I'm sorry for re-opening this old thread, but I'm currently trying to use MSF Agile in my company and a Sample Project would help us a lot to truly understand and adopt this methodology as I found things in the Process Guidance that are not clear for me.

Will there be any sample project for MSF Agile any release date available

Thanks a lot!
pmedart
Thanks Randy... I ll be waiting for the samples on the processes...
btw when shd we expect it
william kossack
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Yes, i'd like to raise the visibility of this request, especially since it was brought up back in june and already promised. :)

I'm at a point in the beginning of our project where we are implementing msf_agile, but without the benefit of the foundation server. This will require a lot of painful hand cranking of projects, plans, checklists, and all the other work items, hence, the godsend that a few complete templates would give us.

Thanks in advance,

nuno
Stenaught
Great questions. First, all MSF work items support links and attachments (see the tab on the work items). Using links, you can link work items to each other and attach a comment. The areas and iterations are configured for the project through VSTS so that the drop list has the appropriate values for you project. An area is usually a set of subsystem names. The iterations would be iteration 0 to a suitable number (you can always add more).
To schedule work items, open the Development and Test Project Plans in the Documents section. A new button will appear (a toolbar at the bottom of the existing project toolbars) to allow you to connect to the server and bring in work items. Use project to schedule the work items. The information on the start and ending of tasks (or any other work item) remains in project but remaining work and completed work round trip.
We are working on a sample project for MSF for Agile Software Development. Stay tuned to our workbench for more information.

Randy
MSF
MSF Agile Sample Project Implementation

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