Integration between Azure DevOps and ServiceNow Agile Development, Change Management
Azure DevOps is a cloud-based development and operations platform that provides a comprehensive set of services for managing the entire application lifecycle. It allows developers to easily collaborate on projects, track progress, and deploy applications quickly and efficiently. The process template flows (e.g. Basic, Scrum, Agile, CMMI) Azure DevOps provides are particularly helpful in an Agile development environment. Most companies are always on the lookout for ways to optimize their internal flows and operations, improve communication between their teams, and increase efficiency. As a sign of those trends, we see a very high demand for integrating Azure DevOps with other software solutions, such as ServiceNow and Jira.Exclude & Include Work Item Types in Azure DevOps Projects
As we all know that Azure DevOps services supports four process flow or process templates. Anytime you create a project, you must choose a process or process template based on the process model selected for your organization or collection. Below are standard processes template you can choose.
Modernize DevSecOps and GitOps journey with Microsoft’s Unified solution (Azure DevOps + GitHub)
Modernize your DevSecOps and GitOps journey with Microsoft’s Unified solution and best-in-class tools (Azure DevOps + GitHub) to Simplify, Automate, Secure entire software supply chain including containers, and Govern each phase with shift-left approach.Managing Agile Project With Project- How To Handle Sub-Tasks When They Don't Finish and Need Moved?
I'm trying to use Project to manage an agile project, and where I'm running into problems is if I have a story which is an auto scheduled sub-task and the Iteration/Sprint is a fixed duration manually scheduled summary task. I have a scenario where the SubTask doesn't finish within the fixed duration summary task it is assigned to so I move it under the next iteration summary task. What project ends up doing is changing the actual start date of the summary task to the actual start date of the sub-task that I reassigned from the previous iteration. When viewing the Sprint Summary task details form my baseline and current start date is unchanged (6/22), then when I select the "Actual" radial button, the actual start date shows as 6/8 which is when the sub-task that carrier over from a previous iteration started. MS Project does not let me change the actual start date of the summary task to be what it should be which is 6/22. It is grayed out as you can see in the second screenshot. Is there a workaround for this? Otherwise when I go to look at the variance table, its going to show that the summary task actual start of 6/8 when it actually started on 6/22. This in turn creates a false reporting making it look like the summary task started ahead of schedule when it really didn't.
Role of Testers (QAs) in Modern Delivery Models? Your thoughts on It?
What can be the Role of Testers (QAs) in Modern Delivery Models? 1 What does book Says for Scrum? 1.1 Role of Tester in Scrum There is no active role of Tester in the Scrum Process. Usually, testing is carried out by a developer with Unit Test. While product owner is also frequently involved in the testing process during each sprint. Some Scrum projects do have dedicated test teams depending on the nature & complexity of the project. The next question is, what tester do in a scrum? Following note will answer 1.2 Testing Activities in Scrum Testers do following activities during the various stages of Scrum- 1.2.1 Sprint Planning In sprint planning, a tester should pick a user-story from the product backlog that should be tested. As a tester, he/she should decide how many hours (Effort Estimation) it should take to finish testing for each of selected user stories. As a tester, he/she must know what sprint goals are. As a tester, contribute to the prioritizing process 1.2.2 Sprint Support developers in unit testing Test user-story when completed. Test execution is performed in a lab where both tester and developer work hand in hand. Defect are logged in Defect Management tool which are tracked daily. Defects can be conferred and analyzed during the scrum meeting. Defects are retested as soon as it is resolved and deployed for testing As a tester, he/she attends all daily standup meeting to speak up As a tester, he/ she can bring any backlog item that cannot be completed in the current sprint and put to the next sprint Tester is responsible for developing automation scripts. He schedules automation testing with Continuous Integration (CI) system. Automation receives the importance due to short delivery timelines. Test Automation can be accomplished by utilizing various open source or paid tools available in the market. This proves effective in ensuring that everything that needs to be tested was covered. Sufficient Test coverage can be achieved with a close communication with the team. Review CI automation results and send Reports to the stakeholders Executing non-functional testing for approved user stories Coordinate with customer and product owner to define acceptance criteria for Acceptance Tests At the end of the sprint, the tester also does acceptance testing (UAT) in some case and confirms testing completeness for the current sprint 1.2.3 Sprint Retrospective As a tester, he will figure out what went wrong and what went right in the current sprint As a tester, he identifies lesson learned and best practices 2 What can we do for Modern Delivery? 2.1 Role of Tester in Modern Delivery Considering the many advantages of having a separate testing team, we must be having testers/QA in the team for modern delivery process. Testers should be responsible for following items: Review Functional Design Writing Test Cases Support developers in unit testing Testing the Features in Dev Instances Creating Test Automation Script Exploratory Testing in SIT Supporting UAT testers in UAT 2.2 Testing Activities in Modern Delivery Testers should do following activities during the various stages of Modern Delivery- 2.2.1 Sprint Planning In sprint planning, a tester should help in picking a user-story from the product backlog for development, Design Review & Test case creation. As a tester, he/she should decide how many hours (Effort Estimation) it should take to finish testing for each of selected user stories for development. As a tester, he/she should decide how many hours (Effort Estimation) it should take to finish Functional Design Review and Test Case creation for each of selected user stories for Test Case Creation. As a tester, he/she should decide how many hours (Effort Estimation) it should take support UAT team. As a tester, he/she must know what sprint goals are. As a tester, contribute to the prioritizing process. 2.2.2 Sprint Review Design and Write Test Cases for User Stories selected for creating Test Cases. Create Query Clarification Work Item for any design related query. Support developers in unit testing. Test user-story in Dev instance when completed. Manual Test execution will be performed in an instance where both tester and developer will work hand in hand. Tester will be responsible for developing automation scripts. Perform exploratory testing for all the work items deployed to SIT instance. Defects will be logged in Defect Management tool which will be tracked daily. Defects will be conferred and analyzed during the Triage call. Defects will be retested as soon as it is resolved and deployed for testing. Send Test Reports to the stakeholders. As a tester, he/she attends all daily standup meeting to speak up. As a tester, he/ she can bring any backlog item that cannot be completed in the current sprint and put to the next sprint. Support for UAT team. Executing non-functional testing for approved user stories. 2.2.3 Sprint Retrospective As a tester, he/she will figure out what went wrong and what went right in the current sprint As a tester, he/she identifies lesson learned and best practices
Agile PPM with MS Project
Hi, Can anyone recommend a great tutorial on how to set up MS Project for Agile planning? I found a few videos on how to work with it, but I need to get the basic settings right first. I also need some inpiration on which kind of visual reports would be good to use, when I do follow up with my teams and management. I am using MS Project 2016 - desktop version. /Anne
