MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0

Your team can apply agile practices more easily by using the process template for MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). The template and this guidance will help you practice Scrum and apply agile engineering practices. These processes and practices come from Scrum, eXtreme Programming, and other agile methodologies, as Agile Principles and Values, by Jeff Sutherland describes.

Scrum

For more information about agile practices and the process template, see the following topics:

Scrum

Engineering Practices

Artifacts (Agile)

Roles

Meetings (Agile)

This guidance was developed in partnership with the following people:

Additional Resources

Planning and Tracking Projects

Tracking Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items

Adding and Modifying Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items

Choosing Link Types to Effectively Track Your Project

Creating Relationships Between Work Items and Other Resources

Customizing Team Projects and Processes

Choose a Process Template

Customizable Process Guidance - MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 on the Microsoft website

Printable Process Guidance for MSF for Agile Software Development v5.0 (blog post)