Product Management and Visual Studio 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 Team System.

• Finding and Using Process Guidance
  Explains how to find and use process guidance for your team project using Team Explorer, Microsoft Project, or Microsoft Excel.

• Team Foundation Process Guidance
  Provides a conceptual overview about process guidance.

• Team Foundation Team Projects
  Provides an overview of team projects and links to more information.

• Using the Team Project Portal
  Lists topics for working with the project portal.

• How to: Create a Team Project
  Describes how to create a new team project.

• How to: Add or Remove a Team Project
  Describes how to add and remove team projects in Team Explorer.

• How to: Connect to Team Foundation from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to connect a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan to a team project.

• How to: Create an Aggregate Report for Team System using Report Designer and the Analysis Services Database
  Describes how to create a new report for a team project.

• How to: Run and View a Report
  Describes how to run a report from Team Explorer or the project portal.

• How to: Delete or Move a Report
  Describes how to delete a report or move a report to another team project.

• How to: Locate and Edit a Report
  Describes how to find a report to edit and change it.

• Team Foundation Work Items
  Provides a conceptual overview of work items.

• How to: Add New Work Item Queries
  Describes how to create new queries.

• How to: Run Work Item Queries
  Describes how to run queries.

• Working With Work Item Query Clauses
  Describes how to create complex queries using query clauses.

• How to: Add or Edit Alerts
  Explains how to get notified when a work item changes.

• How to: Create a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project File from a Work Item Query
  Describes how to create a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan from a work item query, or from the results list.

• How to: Add Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to add new work items to the work item database using Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word.

• How to: Connect to Team Foundation from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to connect to a Team Foundation server from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project.

• How to: Import Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to import work items from the work item database into a Microsoft Excel work item list or Microsoft Project plan.

• How to: Add a Link in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to add links and attachments in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

• How to: Publish or Refresh Work Items in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to publish work items to the work item database, and how to refresh work items with changes from the work item database.

• How to: Resolve Data Conflicts in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to resolve a data conflict that occurs when publishing changes to the work item database.

• How to: Resolve Data Validation Errors in Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Project
  Describes how to resolve a data validation error that occurs when publishing changes to the work item database.

• How to: Create a Work Item List
  Describes how to create a work item list in Microsoft Excel.

• How to: Add or Remove Columns in the Work Item List
  Describes how to add or remove columns in a Microsoft Excel work item list.

• How to: Connect a Work Item List to a Work Item Query
  Describes how to connect a work item list to a work item query so that the work item list synchronizes based on the query.

• How to: Remove Work Items in Microsoft Excel
  Describes how to remove work items from a work item list in Microsoft Excel.

• How to: Remove Work Items in Microsoft Project
  Describes how to remove work items from a Microsoft Project plan.

• How to: Enable or Disable Publishing of Work Items in Microsoft Project
  Describes how to control work item publishing so that some work items are not published to the work item database.

• How to: Configure Visual Studio with Team Foundation Version Control
  Describes how to configure Visual Studio to use Team Foundation version control and how to configure environment settings for Team Foundation version control.

• Walkthrough: Preparing to Migrate from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation
  Describes how to identify and resolve data integrity issues, backup your Visual SourceSafe database, analyze your Visual SourceSafe database for migration issues, and create a user list to map Visual SourceSafe users to Windows accounts.

• Walkthrough: Migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Team Foundation
  Describes how to specify which projects to migrate, and how to use the converter tool to migrate Visual SourceSafe projects to Team Foundation version control.

• How to: Add Non-Project or Non-Solution Files and Folders to Version Control
  How do I work with existing Visual Basic 6 and .NET projects that I do not want to upgrade?

• How to: Create a Workspace
  Describes how to create a workspace to map files under source control to your local folders.

• How to: Identify Version Control Item Status in Solution Explorer
  Explains the meaning of different source control icons you can see in Solution Explorer.

• How to: View and Manage All Pending Changes in Your Workspace
  Describes how to use the Pending Changes and Check In windows to undo pending changes, remove an item from pending changes, or compare files.

• How to: Merge Files and Folders
  Describes how to merge files and folders.

• How to: Resolve Conflicts Between Two Files
  Describes how to resolve conflicts during a merge, pending change, or get operation.

• How to: Apply Labels
  Describes how to apply a label to organize a set of files in a revision.

• How to: Add Check-In Policies
  Describes how to require specific check-in policies for source control.

• How to: Enable and Disable Check-In Policies
  Describes how to enable or disable check-in policies.

• How to: Configure Check-In Notes
  Describes how to configure check-in notes.

• How to: Control Access to Team Foundation Version Control
  Describes how to add users and groups to Team Foundation version control security.

• How to: View a Build Report
  Describes how to find and view a build report after a build runs.

• How to: View Build Summary Status
  Describes how to use the Build Explorer to view build summary status.

• How to: Monitor Build Progress
  Describes how to monitor a build that is in progress using the Build Explorer or build reports.

• How to: Receive Build Notification E-Mail
  Describes how to set up e-mail notification on builds.