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Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System View Larger Image | Jamil Azher
Charles River Media, Paperback, Bk&CD edition, Published August 2006, 400 pages, ISBN 1584504455 | List Price: $49.95
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In this era of globalization, outsourcing has emerged as a key strategy not
only for achieving competitive advantage but also for survival. However, despite
widespread adoption, there are few practical guidelines in the market regarding
how to optimally manage outsourced projects. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft
Visual Studio 2005 Team System teaches managers, developers, and SQA professionals
how to successfully execute outsourced projects. Providing best practices guidelines
based upon empirical experience of leading practitioners in the outsourcing
industry, the book shows how to construct result-oriented development processes
for mitigating execution risk, improving quality, and increasing efficiency.
Using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System as the underlying infrastructure,
the book teaches how to customize development methodologies, integrate with
MS Project and MS Outlook, embed real-time communication capabilities, manage
source code and build process, run unit tests, create custom reports, and leverage
the project portal. Global Outsourcing with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team
System is an essential IT reference for companies interested in effectively
managing outsourced projects and reducing friction associated with globally
distributed software development.
Features
* Teaches how to use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System to implement
a globally distributed development process in any company
* Explains how to construct low-overhead and metric-based development processes
for mitigating execution risk, improving quality, and increasing efficiency
* Provides best practices guidelines on how to manage work items, enable real-time
communication, maintain source code, launch builds, execute unit tests, create
custom reports, and leverage the project portal
* Includes a companion CD-ROM with working code for extending Microsoft Visual
Studio 2005 Team System
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Business of Outsourcing
Chapter 2 Development Process — What Really Works?
Chapter 3 Leveraging VSTS and Customizing MSF Agile
Chapter 4 Integrating MS Project 2003
Chapter 5 Integrating MS Outlook 2003
Chapter 6 Facilitating Real-time Communication
Chapter 7 Source Control and Team Build
Chapter 8 Unit Testing with Team Test
Chapter 9 Enterprise Reporting
Chapter 10 Using the Project Portal
About the Author
Jamil Azher (Lakeville, MA) is the CTO of PCi Corp and has over 15 years of
experience in software development. His experience includes hands-on programming,
globally outsourced project management, technology leadership, and entrepreneurial
ventures. Prior to joining PCi in 1997, he worked in an offshore software development
company focused on financial services and small business accounting. Jamil received
his Masters in IT degree from Harvard University and BS in Engineering degree
from the California Institute of Technology.
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