TeamCompanion is a first class Team Foundation Server (TFS) client within Outlook. In addition to the standard TFS client features, TeamCompanion leverages Outlook features providing unique capabilities that lead to better collaboration and communication among project stakeholders. TeamCompanion has rich support for Scrum. Here is the list of some of related features: Product/Sprint Backlog UI, Support for Teams, real time statistics and Burndown chart, Velocity chart, Drag-and-drop support for reordering and assignment, quick add PBI UI and many more.

1. TeamCompanion
Overview
Ognjen Bajic
Ana Roje Ivancic
Ekobit, VSIP Partner

2. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion – TFS and Outlook
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

3. TeamCompanion
The Best TFS client for MS Outlook
Outlook TFS
• Emails • Work Items
• Appointments • Work Item Queries
• Reminders • Reports
• Tasks • Builds
• Documents
Provides for better collaboration,
increased productivity in daily tasks
and efficient Agile Project Management.

4. Fully Featured TFS Client
~ Full support with powerful enhancements
~ Work Item Management
 One click “Add”
 One click “Done”
 Work Item Queries (flat/hierarchical)
~ Reports and Sharepoint Documents
~ Agile Project Management
 Offline work and „What if” analysis
 Clever graphical UI with Drag’n’Drop support

5. TeamCompanion’s Look and Feel

6. Deep integration of Outlook and TFS
~ WI Queries
~ Add To
Favorites
~ Integrated work
item form
~ One click “Add”
~ One click
“Done”

7. Offline WI management
~ Offline WI
management
 Edit WIs and WI
hierarchies
 Save, Undo

8. Filtering and Grouping
~ Search
 Full text
 Custom
expressions
eg. [Remaining
work]>4
~ Powerful
hierarchies -
Grouping

9. Scheduled Work Item Queries
~ No more
notification
emails for WI
change
~ More focused
Outlook style
notifications

10. Increase Productivity
~ “One Click”
Reports
~ Rich action set
on WIs and WI
Queries
~ SharePoint
Documents

11. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Scrum Overview
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

12. Sprint
TRANSPARENCY
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
INSPECTION Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
ADAPTATION
Scrum

13. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Scrum Overview
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

14. Sprint
Daily
•Product Backlog UI
Standup
•Velocity Diagram
•D’n’D ordering of PBIs Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
Scrum with
TeamCompanion

15. Planning the Project with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Fully featured Product Backlog UI
 Product Backlog list
 Velocity Diagram
 How many PBI-s were implemented in previous
sprints (measured in Story Points)?
 Embedded real-time statistics
~ Actions
 Quickly reorder PBIs using Drag’n’Drop
 Easily add new PBIs with one click

16. Product Backlog Product Backlog view
PM
node in
Outlook
tree

17. Product Backlog
Velocity
chart
Quickly
add new
PBIs
Product
PBIs estimated in Capacity per
Backlog
Story Points Sprint

18. Product Backlog
New PBIs
created by
Product
Owner
Save New PBIs added
changes

19. Product Backlog
New PBIs
created
from Mails

20. Product Backlog
PBIs are
ordered and
assigned a story
point estimate
Drag’n’Drop support for reordering of PBIs

21. Product Backlog Save or discard changes
Edited PBI-s
shown in
italics

22. Planning the Project with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

23. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Scrum Overview
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

24. Sprint
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog
•Sprint Backlog UI
•Team Support
•Capacity Planning
•D’n’D assignment of PBIs
and Tasks
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
Scrum with
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs TeamCompanion

25. Planning a Sprint with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Fully featured Sprint Backlog UI
 Sprint Backlog list
 Support for managing Teams
 Capacity planning
 Embedded real-time statistics
~ Actions
 Quickly assign PBIs and Tasks using Drag’n’Drop
 Easily decompose PBIs into Tasks with one click

26. Sprint Backlog Select a Sprint
Capacity per
Team Member
Sprint
Backlog
Capacity per Sprint

27. Sprint Backlog
Sprint settings
related to Capacity

28. Sprint Backlog
Capacity per Discipline

29. Team Settings
Product Backlog

30. Planning a Sprint with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

31. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Scrum Overview
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

32. Sprint
Daily
Standup
Potentially
Shippable
Increment
Product Sprint
Backlog Backlog •Burndown Chart
•Remaining Capacity Charts
•Full-text search for Work Items
• Sprint Backlog UI
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
• Team Support Scrum with
• Capacity Planning
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs
• D’n’D assignment of PBIs and Tasks
TeamCompanion

33. Running a Sprint with TeamCompanion
Tools and Features
~ Integrated UI for burndown and progress
tracking
 Sprint Backlog UI
 Real-time Burndown chart
 Real-time Remaining Capacity charts
 Full-text search for Work Items
 Various filtering options
~ Actions
 Quickly reassign PBIs and Tasks using Drag’n’Drop
 Update remaining/completed work

34. Running a Sprint Burndown chart
refreshes in real time
Remaining capacity
per team member

35. Running a Sprint with
TeamCompanion
Demo
Demo

36. Agenda
~ TeamCompanion
~ Scrum with TeamCompanion
 Scrum Overview
 Product Backlog & Planning the Project
 Sprint Backlog & Planning a Sprint
 Running a Sprint
 Burndown & Progress tracking
 Transparency, Inspection, Adaptation

37. TRANSPARENCY Sprint
• Scheduled work item queries
• Highlighted changes
• Easy “Done” email Daily
• “One Click” Reports Standup
• Work Item Hierarchies
• Work item Reminders Potentially
Shippable
INSPECTION Increment
Product Sprint • Burndown Chart • Send Work Item
Backlog Backlog • Remaining Capacity Charts Query as Email
• Full-text search for Work
Items
ADAPTATION
• Rich Work Item Management features
• Email-Work Item Bridge
• Offline Support and “What-If” Analysis
• Sprint Backlog UI
• Product Backlog UI
• Velocity Diagram
• Team Support Scrum with
• Capacity Planning
• D’n’D ordering of PBIs
• D’n’D assignment of PBIs and Tasks
TeamCompanion

38. Summary
Outlook +TFS
=
Collaboration + Productivity + Agile PM
~ Non technical Users
(PM, BA, Product managers etc.)
~ Power Users
Supports everything in VS (+ more)
~ Everyone

39. Thank you!
Try TeamCompanion:
www.teamcompanion.com/download
Contact:
support@teamcompanion.com