Scrum for Team System version 3 (TFS 2010), aka (SfTS v3) RTM released

Monday, May 17, 2010

Scrum for Team System version 3 (TFS 2010), aka (SfTS v3) RTM released

Scrum For Team System - SfTS Version 3 (TFS 2010 RTM) Goes Gold Release.

“It's here! The Scrum for Team System version 3 RTM template is now available in the products section.

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Scrum For Team System - Version 3 (TFS 2010)

“Version 3 is the new scrum template for Team Foundation Server 2010. Including full compatibility with Microsoft Lab Manager, extensive use of the new features of TFS 2010 and a new event service that offers unique related work item updates.

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Version 3 (TFS 2010) - x86 Process Template Version 3 (& x64 Process Template Version 3)

“This download contains the Scrum for Team System version 3 process template installer for TFS 2010 and an installation guide.

Pre-requisits:

Team Foundation Server 2010 x86 (GD: x64 Process Template requires TFS 2010 x64)

Team Explorer 2010

Description:

This version of the Scrum template makes use of latest features of TFS 2010. This includes full compatibility with Microsoft Test Manager and use of named links to give a verbose structure to the work items.

Also included in this release is the most advanced Event Service we have ever produced. This offers complete customisation options and handles the vast majority of linked work item updates. The event service makes the SfTS version 3 template the most advanced scrum template availbale today and it's all free!

A whole new suite of reports has been created for version 3. These include some never before seen scrum reports, including multi team and hours to story point burndown comparisons. See the reports listed to the right for more information.

Highlights:

Fully modeled project life cycle for project tracking and planning.

Support for practically any setup of team / teams.

Work stream control for multi team cadances and enterprise level projects.

Automatic roll up of project planning data to clearly display the workloads.

New feature tracking work item model.

Complete integration with Microsoft Test Manager.

Acceptance Test Driven Design.

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We’ve been using the TFS2008 version of this Process Template for a while and have liked it.

When we move to TFS2010 it’s good to know that this will be there and ready for us. If you have used the TFS2005/8 version you’re going to want to check out the information/doc’s about this release. It’s a big change, with a number of pretty dramatic updates/features/etc

(via Crispin Parker's Blog - Scrum for Team System v3 – RTM Now Available)