Case Studies

Global Manufacturer
A global manufacturer deployed Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to improve the consistency and efficiency of internal software development,enabling it to support adoption of the widely recognized Capability Maturity Model for software development. This enabled the company to increase developer, project manager, and tester productivity while improving software quality.
ROI Case Study

Social Networking Web Site
A social networking Web site used Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to improve the productivity of its developers and project managers as well as to reduce software costs.
ROI Case Study

Chevron Energy Solutions Smart Document Developers Improve Productivity, Reduce Administration
See how using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System, a small team of developers at Chevron created a solution that reduced by more than half the time and cost to aggregate and analyze data.

Developers Enjoy Higher Productivity, Rapid Implementation of Hospital Portal
Doctors and staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center wanted a way to improve communication and increase patient ownership without sacrificing the quality of care.

Coast Mountain Bus Company Shifts into High Gear with Next-generation Microsoft Products
Transportation in Vancouver needed next generation tools to improve data warehouse maintenance and management, and increase developer productivity

Funding Company Revamps Web Application for Scalability and Faster Performance
Bexhill Funding wanted to ensure that its Premium Funding Management System could meet the challenges of changing government regulations and expanding data stores to better serve customers.

Technology Solutions Provider Improves Customer Portal with 70 Percent Less Code
To maintain competitive edge and continually improve customer service, 1st Software sought to improve the 1st Services’s performance, flexibility, and usability.

National Health Service Improves Patient Care for 59 Million Citizens

UK Health Service improves site performance to comply with mandated improvements in the way citizens access healthcare and other government services

Online Wine Retailer Rebuilds Architecture to Support Growth

Wine.com rebuilt its warehouse management system by using the Microsoft® .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and plans to rebuild its storefront by using Microsoft ASP.NET.

Controls Maker Uses New Development Tools to Build Products for Untapped Market

Johnson Controls needed new development tools to enable the design of cost-effective, high-performance building controls that could be sold into the small-business market.

Snack Maker Expects to Cut Inventory Shrinkage up to 75 Percent

KiMs, one of Europe’s leading snack-food providers, needed a better way for its sales and delivery people to take orders and get the order information into the corporate system.

ISV Closes Collaboration Gap and Improves Software Development Predictability

The Computer Solution Company (TCSC) wanted to increase the flexibility of its Forensic Laboratory Information System (LIMS) to better meet the needs of “virtual” crime-solving teams.

Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server as an Enterprise-Wide Service
By deploying Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server as an enterprise-wide service, Microsoft is standardizing methodologies for project management, software development, and software testing. This standardization provides a much more transparent management view into projects and makes complying with statutory reporting requirements much easier.
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Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Discussion on the deployment of Visual Studio 2005 Team System in Microsoft IT to centralize source control and work item tracking for development teams.
Note on IT

Extending Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Discussion on how Microsoft IT extended Visual Studio 2005 Team System to incorporate software development lifecycle methodology process by modifying the default process template. By modifying the process template developer compliance increased and external tools were eliminated.
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Integrated Software Development at Microsoft Using Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Discussion on how the eBusiness Integration Services IT development group used Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System to tightly integrate the Software Development Life Cycle process within its team environment.
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