List of Sidebars

Chapter 1: Managing Software Engineering Projects

Flow of Value

Chapter 2: Project Management Features of Visual Studio Team System

Getting Accurate Status from Your Team

Visual Studio Team System as a Time-Tracking Solution

Cost of Defects

Project Management Is Not Just About Managing

Chapter 3: Project Initiation

60–80 Percent Rule

Why Chase’s Story?

What Is an Agile Method?

Scrum Process Template

Our Focus Is MSF Agile

Chapter 4: Planning a Project

Importance of Good Requirements

Principles of Agile Planning

Requirements in MSF for CMMI

Law of Consumption of Artifacts

Third-Party Requirement Tools for Visual Studio Team System

Buffering Estimates

Ordering Scenarios

Project Spikes

More Elaborate Estimating

Chapter 6: Improving Your Process

Agile Maturity Model

First Who…Then What

Recognizing and Acting on the Brutal Facts

Improving Process by Reducing Uncertainty

Chapter 7: Tailoring Visual Studio Team System

Life before the Process Template Editor

Referring to Groups in Field Rules