Product Management and Team System

The product manager is the main advocate for the product management constituency in the MSF Team Model. The product manager is the proxy for the end consumer of the product. The product manager has overall product mix responsibility for the requirements. The product manager must ensure that the product vision is met through the requirements and the acceptance tests developed to validate the product. The product manager must show that the product aligns with the organizations strategic planning and fits the market segment(s) intended in the original vision statement. The product manager will ensure that the project stays within budget and that the business case is realized. The product manager's work is used as the primary source for the track checkpoints in the MSF Governance Model.

The project management workflow is as follows:

  • Capture Product Vision

  • Release a Product

Also listed here are links to help program managers adopt the workflow for the MSF Team Model using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

Process Guidance

Working with Team Projects

Project Reporting

Working with Work Items

Work Item Integration with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project

Work Item Synchronization in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project

Working with Work Items in Microsoft Excel

Working with Work Items in Microsoft Project

Source Control

Source Control Migration

Working with Files

Workspaces

Changesets and Pending Changes

Labels

Check-in Policies and Check-in Notes

Security

Monitoring and Reporting Build Status