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MSF Agile Process Guidance Beta Released
Microsoft has released preliminary guidance for using the MSF:Agile development process that will be shipping as part of Visual Studio Team System. This download includes an overview of the MSF:Agile process as well as Word, Excel, and Project documents and templates for everything from managing the project to gathering requirements.This download contains the process guidance that will be shipping with Visual Studio Team System. MSF for Agile Software Development is a scenario-driven, context-based, agile software development process that utilizes many of the ideas embodied in Team System. This process incorporates proven practices developed at Microsoft around requirements, design, security, performance, and testing. The download is broken into four sections and one overview section called "Process Guidance", each section containing "place-holder" documents and/or templates needed for that part of the process. Sections are:
- Project Management This section contains blank Project and Excel files showing the documentation artifacts needed for Project Management.
- Requirements This section contains sample documents and templates for defining Personas, Scenarios, and a Vision document.
- Security This section contains an Excel spreadsheet for security assets and a Word document template for defining a thread assessment.
- TestThis section contains a blank Test Approach worksheet and Word Template for creating more.
Download the MSF for Agile Software Development Kit (Beta) here.
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What do they mean by Agile
I assume the name MSF Agile relates to Agile Software Development. But what is the relation between MSF Agile and Agile Software Development?
I see no direct mention of Agile processes in these documents, let alone how MSF relates to Agile. Nor do I see a reference to the Agile Manifesto. Nor do I see reference to many common Agile practices such as planning games, scrums, pairing, refactoring.
Hence my question, what is the relationship between MSF Agile and Agile Software Development?
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What they mean by Agile
Here is a description from Randy Miller, the principle designer of MSF:Agile.
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) Agile is a scenario-driven, context-based, agile software development process for building and improving .NET and other object-oriented applications. MSF Agile directly incorporates practices for handling quality of service requirements such as performance and security. It is also context-based and uses a context-driven approach to determine how to operate the project. This approach helps create an adaptive process that overcomes the boundary conditions (such as project size and system criticality) of most agile software development processes while achieving the objectives set out in the vision of the project.
MSF Agile is highly customizable, scalable, and will be fully integrated with Visual Studio 2005 Team System. The tooling and processes will work together to provide a more productive user experience than the process or tooling could provide alone. This is because both tooling and processes are built using the same meta-model. In other words, MSF harvests proven guidance from inside and outside of Microsoft and provides a seamless experience with Visual Studio 2005 Team System for process automation and guidance within the software development life cycle.
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What they mean by Agile
And for those of us who aren't fluent in marketechture?
Jim
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What they mean by Agile
That is a fine description of what MSF Agile is, but the only statement that relates it to the Agile Software Development movement is that it overcomes the boundaries of "most agile software development processes". Such a statement could be made of processes that are or are not Agile processes.
Basically, I see no evidence that this is an Agile process. However, the rename of MSF to include the word agile leads one to associate it with Agile processes. The result will be to confuse people as to what Agile is, and I think Microsoft should be a little more responsible. Either relate your stuff to Agile directly by discussing what Agile is and how you relate to it, or leave the name of your brand new shiny software development practice.
I would love to find out I just missed Microsoft's statement of how their new process is Agile and a better Agile at that, but I can't find it in any official Microsoft literature yet.
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What we mean by agile
Hi Jeff,
Have you tried it? I remember when XP first came out and many falsely accused it of being hacking. As a member of that community, I recall having to defend XP from the waterfall community and show that it did indeed have true dscipline. I invite you to get a copy and try iy out.
Randy
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