This is the last part of the series posts about scrum under TFS. We'll end this story by taking a look into the future by having a sneak preview at the Scrum templates for Visual Studio 2008. Read our previous parts here:
This article is also cross posted on the Ordina blog.
What about Team System 2008 ?
We looked at each of these templates in 2 ways:
- Does the template still works after an inplace upgrade to TFS 2008?
- Is there a new (upgraded) version available specifically for TFS 2008?
Microsoft eScrum
After an inplace upgrade, the template was still up and running. Only the website suffered a painful dead. Brian Harry was so friendly to post a solution on his blog. Go check it out!
VSTS Scrum Process Template
Everything keeps working after the inplace upgrade. A newer version is available here.
Conchango Scrum for Team System
No problems occured after the inplace upgrade. Scrum for Team System v2.0 is now available. Don't hesitate and download this template here.
Conclusion
Microsoft did a good job in terms of backward compatibility. After using the upgraded versions of the templates for some time, I did not encounter any problems. If we look at the new releases, we'll find a range of improvements. But this will be a story for a future series of blog posts.
So stay tuned for an updated version of these posts where we'll dig deeper into the new features of the updated Scrum templates for Team System 2008.
Your TFS Scrummasters
Bart Wullems and Sven Cipido