Exploring Visual Studio 2010 ALM Tools, Part 2 of 4

Description

Course description

Tracking and maintaining a software development project requires a team effort. With big improvements in the Application Lifecycle Management tools in Visual Studio 2010, project tracking can now be part of the development process. Anybody from team members, to project managers can now update tasks, check in code, run a testing matrix, report bugs and so much more. In this course you will start with an introduction to the ALM tools found in Visual Studio 2010 Premium Edition. These tools cover user roles, management, reporting and work tracking. Then the course will move onto version control with side by side code comparison. Then you will be shown the Team Build Architecture and working with Microsoft Test and Lab Manager.

Each LearnNowOnline training course is made up of Modules (typically an hour in length). Within each module there are Topics (typically 15-30 minutes each) and Subtopics (typically 2-5 minutes each). There is a Post Exam for each Module that must be passed with a score of 70% or higher to successfully and fully complete the course.

Meet the expert

Chris Menegay

Chris Menegay is a Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director. His process tool knowledge is broad, but primarily focuses on the Microsoft ALM tools. Chris is the VP of Consulting for Notion Solutions, Inc., a consulting and training firm specializing in software development process improvement. He has written white papers and magazine articles and has been a frequent speaker on software development best practices at several industry conferences.

Video Runtime

147 Minutes

Time to complete

187 Minutes

Course Outline

Module 3

Team Build (41:55)

• Introduction (01:17)


• Team Build (00:52)


• Architecture (00:50)


• Tagging (01:14)


• Demo:Team Build (02:36)


• Demo:Trigger (02:38)


• Demo:Build Defaults (00:59)


• Demo:Retention Policy (00:42)


• Demo:Process (12:07)


• Demo:Build Status (07:02)


• Demo:Schedule Builds (04:26)


• Demo:Gated Checkin (06:12)


• Summary (00:53)

Working with Test Manager (35:51)

• Introduction (01:01)


• Demo:Test Plan (04:45)


• Demo:Configuration Manager (00:53)


• Demo:New Configuration (01:53)


• Demo:Test Case (06:32)


• Demo:Run Tests (01:31)


• Demo:Test Suites (00:39)


• Demo:Query-based Suite (02:18)


• Demo:Update of Build (03:35)


• Demo:Run Test Case (03:02)


• Demo:Analyze Test Runs (04:28)


• Demo:Recommended Tests (00:48)


• Demo:Automated Tests (02:29)


• Demo:Test Settings (01:32)


• Summary (00:18)

Module 4

Creating and Managing Bugs (17:49)

• Introduction (00:54)


• No Repro Problem (00:45)


• No Repro Solution (00:16)


• Workflow (00:41)


• File Bugs - Rich Bugs (01:42)


• Demo:No Repro (12:46)


• Summary (00:42)

Lab Manager Overview (51:34)

• Introduction (00:43)


• Virtual Test Labs (01:41)


• Lab Management (01:12)


• Workflow (00:15)


• Deploy for Test (01:11)


• Back to Lab Management (01:01)


• Cloning (01:24)


• Demo:Lab Management (03:59)


• Demo:Create Environment (03:31)


• Demo:Environment Templates (01:38)


• Demo:Virtual Environment (04:06)


• Demo:Testing Center (05:45)


• Demo:Start Test (04:04)


• Demo:Active Bugs Query (03:13)


• Demo:New Build Definition (06:06)


• Demo:Queue Build (00:31)


• Demo:Two Environments (00:34)


• Demo:Snapshots (01:02)


• Demo:Build Status (03:07)


• Demo:Associated Automation (05:21)


• Summary (00:58)

Who Should Attend

Students from various streams of Computer Science and Engineering like BCA, MCA, B.Tech, M.Tech

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