{"product_id":"9781430243441","title":"Pro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou can have the best coders in the world working in your teams, but if your project management isn’t up to scratch, your project is almost certain to be delayed, to come in over budget, and in some cases to fail entirely. By taking precise control of your application development process, you can make changes, both large and small, throughout your project’s life cycle that will lead to better–quality finished products that are consistently delivered on time and within budget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApplication lifecycle management (ALM) is an area of rapidly growing interest within the development community. Because its techniques allow you to deal with the process of developing applications across many areas of responsibility and across many different disciplines, its effects on your project can be wide ranging and pronounced. It is a project management tool that has practical implications for the whole team—from architects to designers, from developers to testers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePro Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2012 \u003c\/em\u003efocuses on the most powerful ALM tool available for the Microsoft .NET Framework: Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. It demonstrates the key concepts and techniques of ALM at first with a guide to the overall methodology, and then delves into architecture and testing--illustrating all of the concepts, tips and tricks using the tools TFS provides. The book serves as a complete guide to the ALM style--with no fluff and many relevant code samples and examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter reading the book, you will understand how TFS can be used to generate continuous meaningful reporting on your project’s health for the decision makers on your team as well as for your project’s sponsors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWhat you’ll learn\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat ALM is and what it can do for you \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to achieve traceability in your projects \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to improve your development process \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy TFS is so much more than just a version control tool \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe new features in TFS that help encourage ALM best practices, especially within Metro and .NET 4.5 applications \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat the importance of well–designed and well–defined processes is and how to implement these things \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch4\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book will be of value for anyone developing applications with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, whether they are working in a small team of just a few people or in a large enterprise environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Application Lifecycle Management Matters \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction to Application Lifecycle Management \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelopment Processes and Frameworks \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eALM Assessments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWorking with TFS to Enhance the ALM Process \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction to Agile Planning \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWork Item Tracking and Process Customization \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAgile Project Management with TFS \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetrics and ALM Assessment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrototyping\/Storyboarding + Feedback Tracking \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTop Down Design Studies (UML) \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing Architecture Explorer \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUsing Layer Diagrams \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetrics and ALM Assessment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVersion Control \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnit Testing \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCode Analysis, Code Metrics, Code Clones, Code Review \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePerformance and Profiling \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetrics and ALM Assessment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverview of Software Testing \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManual Testing \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAutomated Testing \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTest Lab Management \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetrics and ALM Assessment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContinuous Delivery \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuild Automation \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeployment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRelease Management \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMetrics and ALM Assessment \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArchitecture, Implementation and Planning \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInstallation, Migration and Administration \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTFS Reporting \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWorking in Heterogeneous Environments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTFS in the Cloud \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029372223728,"sku":"9781430243441","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430243441_p0.jpg?v=1763750374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430243441","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}