Developing ALM Solutions Using Visual Studio TFS 2015 (ALMI15)

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About this Course

This five-day course is designed to get your entire team working efficiently with Microsoft’s Application Lifecycle Management solution based around Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 or Visual Studio Online. The course is divided into different topics on each of the days to help you gain a complete understanding of the features and capabilities of Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015.

This class is designed for individuals or complete development teams who need to learn how to use Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015 for Agile software development. This course covers team development, project management, Agile development, Agile testing, and DevOps.

This course can also be taught onsite at your facilities and can be custom-tailored to meet the needs of team members and place emphasis on specific job roles to ensure a successful TFS deployment.

This course includes hands-on labs to reinforce practical skills and ensure you’re ready to use the tools upon your return to your workplace.

Audience Profile

This course is designed for all team members looking to effectively use the team-oriented features provided by Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and Team Foundation Server 2015. This includes developers, testers, project managers, and business analysts.

At Course Completion

At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the full feature set of Microsoft’s Application Lifecycle Management suite
  • Create team projects and team project collections as appropriate for your environment
  • Understand how Work Item Tracking (WIT) can be used across the entire team
  • Create custom work item queries and alerts
  • Use a variety of client tools to interact with team members and TFS
  • Use the version control system to maintain source code as well as branch and merge code
  • Improve code using the Code Review Workflow in My Work
  • Enhance team collaboration using Team Rooms
  • Create automated builds and automate the execution of unit tests
  • Manage their projects using the Agile planning tools
  • Create portfolio backlogs to help manage large projects
  • Manage work in teams including sprints and backlogs
  • Create test plans, test suites, and test cases
  • Perform a variety of testing using the testing tools in Microsoft Test Manager
  • Raise information-rich bugs and verify them once resolved
  • Use the new web-based Test Case Management interface
  • Perform exploratory testing
  • Configure build automation using the new build system in 2015
  • Create and modify builds to include automated testing and deployment
  • Configure Application Insights to monitor application telemetry

Prerequisites

Attendees should be familiar with Visual Studio and the basic use of Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Online.