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it_user293892 - PeerSpot reviewer

Business Analyst Practice Lead at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 20, 2015

It has allowed us to document our requirements, but was difficult to transition into initially.

What is most valuable?

Product backlog
Work items (Features, User Stories, Bugs, Tasks)

How has it helped my organization?

We transitioned into an agile software development shop around 2010. Using TFS allowed us to document our requirements as Features and User Stories on a Product Backlog, which allows all team members to access them at the same time. They can see updates and changes to them in real-time. It also supports our iteration-based development approach effectively, by allowing us to group features, and user stories into iterations, as well as forecast upcoming user stories into future iterations.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for five years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously we primarily used a waterfall software development methodology, so our move to TFS coincided with a reorganization we went through into an agile shop.

How was the initial setup?

From a project/requirements perspective, transitioning into TFS was fairly straightforward. Instead of creating requirements documents for upcoming projects, functionality was documented as Features and User Stories in TFS. There was a learning curve for the organization as a whole who didn’t have much agile experience to be able to document and read requirements as user stories.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Sr. Director, Development at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Aug 17, 2015

It has built-in validation for most implementation steps, however it needs change control for build definitions.

What is most valuable?

Source code management
Branch/merge tools
Build capabilities
Work item tracking
Scrum board management

How has it helped my organization?

We've reduced production deployment rollbacks 100%.

What needs improvement?

Build definition management - there needs to be change control for build definitions

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for 10 years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

It's a long upgrade process, but works fine.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

8/10

Technical Support:

8/10

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution was used.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. It's mostly wizard-driven, with plenty of built-in validation for most steps.

What was our ROI?

Virtually immeasurable. The low cost of the product is nothing compared to the productivity improvements it brings.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Size accordingly. Not every shop needs every feature.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Size accordingly. Not every shop needs every feature.

What other advice do I have?

Recognize the fact that TFS isn't just a source code management tool. It's an application lifecycle management tool that covers all facets of software project management as well as development, deployment, and production support.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Chaminda ChandrasekaraSoftware Architect with 501-1,000 employees

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Sep 4, 2015

vNext Builds with TFS 2015 you can view the build definition change history. Even compare versions is possible. Rollback to previous version will be available in near future it seems (visualstudio.uservoice.com).

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Software Quality Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Aug 14, 2015

It provides us with project analysis from scratch and enables us to create a requirements document for maintenance.

What is most valuable?

project Life cycle
Bug tracking
Creating test cases
Executing test cases

How has it helped my organization?

As i'm an Software Quality Engineer It's a helpful product because you can provide project analysis from scratch and create a requirements document for maintenance. Also, it creates a strong relation between developers and testers that allows communication between them through analysis, design, implementation and testing, tracking bugs, bugs report, sitting severity and priority and discuss each issue with developer acc. to requirement document.

What needs improvement?

I don't know of any areas that need improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for over a year.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

No previous solution was used.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward. You can learn how to do it through self-study.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Technical Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 13, 2015

We used TFS to force some policies to control the project documentation and source controlling, but the admin tools need to be easier to use.

What is most valuable?

Source Controlling
Application Development
Project Life Cycle

How has it helped my organization?

When we applied the CMMI standards in our SDLC we used TFS to force some policies to control the project documentation and source controlling, and to manage the relationship between concerned parties.

What needs improvement?

TFS administration tools need to be more controlled and easier to use.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for a total of seven years, and for the last three years, I have used it more as a TFS administrator not only as an end user.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes in 2007 we used a different source controlling tool and we faced a lot of issues and with no GUI we had to deal with it using commands which made our life even harder.

How was the initial setup?

TFS, like most Microsoft products, is easy to install use. The initial setup is very easy, all you need to know is the basic configurations that need to be applied.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We are golden partners of Microsoft in different areas like Portal and Collaboration, and we are currently targeting the golden partnership in Application Development

it_user288372 - PeerSpot reviewer

Lead SharePoint Developer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 11, 2015

It seamlessly integrates with Visual Studio, but outlining user edits in history view would be an improvement.

What is most valuable?

Versioning and seamless integration with Visual Studio are the features I like most.

How has it helped my organization?

We have had to recall a prior “production-ready” version to provide as a temporary solution.

What needs improvement?

History view outlining edits by user would be a nice addition.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using it for four years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've not used it specifically for TFS.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used SourceSafe.

How was the initial setup?

It's straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

It was done as an in-house implementation.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

TFS was recommended by outside vendors as well as in-house staff. No other products were evaluated

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We have an MSDN Enterprise subscription

it_user286836 - PeerSpot reviewer

VMware Engineering Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 7, 2015

It's kept our code organized so that our developers aren't stepping on each other's code, but the interface requires new team members to spend a few weeks to get accustomed to it.

What is most valuable?

Change control
Collaboration
Change history

How has it helped my organization?

TFS has allowed our development team to function better as a group, by keeping code organized, and making it easier to prevent people from stepping on each other's code.

What needs improvement?

The interface needs work. As it is, it takes a few weeks to get new team members used to using it.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used it for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used GIT, and we switched because TFS was easier to use and maintain.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are currently using the free version.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also lookeed at GIT.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

Chaminda Chandrasekara

Software Architect with 501-1,000 employees

Aug 7, 2015

It's streamlined our software development process, but there were deployment issues at times.

Valuable Features

Agile project management
Requirements management
Team management
Source code management
Testing software
Deployment and test automation

Improvements to My Organization

Reduced cost of software implementation and testing processes by automation
Streamlined the software development process so that we could deliver high quality software in short time to the market

Use of Solution

I've been using it for five to six years.

Deployment Issues

Sometimes, but Microsoft support was always awesome.

Stability Issues

No issues encountered.

Scalability Issues

No issues encountered.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer Service:

It's superb.

Technical Support:

It's superb.

Initial Setup

It is simple and well documented.

Implementation Team

We did it in-house.

Other Solutions Considered

Just go for it. It is amazing.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user281970 - PeerSpot reviewer

Business Intelligence Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jul 31, 2015

There are some issues with stability, but I have reduced the time I spend merging code.

What is most valuable?

Version control
Code backup

How has it helped my organization?

I have spent less time merging code from developers.

What needs improvement?

They can improve the stability and merging features, especially with SSIS.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used this version for four months, and previously I was using TFS2010 for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were some minor issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

I have not needed to contact them.

Technical Support:

I have not needed to contact them.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used MS Source Safe and TFS was just the logical progression.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

You could use a less expensive product, but if you need integration with MS Visual Studio this is the best product.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

The system admins evaluated a few products.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

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