VSS/VSTS extension that provides information on backlog items, aggregating SP, #items, work
Version History
0.1.x - 1.0 MVP, functionality just works :)
Limitations: Information appears in a popup. Tasks need to be visible and selected to be counted too.
(Future: 2.0 - Integrate the scrum info numbers in the side panel of VSS, count tasks inside PBIs without being visible)
Usage
Go to the backlog, select as many PBI/tasks that you need to count (open the PBIs for the tasks to be counted), right click on any of them and select the Scrum Info option of the context menu.
Case
Problem
In TFS is not possible to count SP, work, effort.
This feature is not standard in VS, and
The next versions of TFS will be fully web-based.
Solution
Provide a web-based Scrum Info extension
to get a summary of a backlog
Alternative :
The Scrum Power Tools for Visual Studio 2013 IDE extension,
but the plugin is not updated anymore for newer VS versions
Value
Less excel sheets
Team productivity increase
Get rid of the cumbersome task of counting SP
Get to know Roche (VS marketplace)
Advantage
It's the first one to do this in TFS web,
It's the only available for TFS 2015/2017
Open to add/customize features (i.e. "NIC" pbi type)
Channels
Roche TFSprod/TFStest web interface
Visual Studio Marketplace
Target
Team member who wants to know progress
SM/SPL/PO/PM/PL roles who need to calculate SP, work, capacities, velocities to plan and review sprints
Cost
1 Dev, 48 innovation man-hours for this MVP 1.0
Revenue
Immediate time savings on productivity for PO/SM/SPLs: