P

People CMM, 210

Peopleware (DeMarco and Lister), 6

perfect days, 109

performance

debugging problems, 26

measuring, 125

performance reports, 124

Performance Reviewer check-in note, 175

permission grid, 201

permissions

classifications, 63

conflicting sets of, 72

downloading and uploading process templates, 177

groups, 200

setting, 201

team members, 72

Persona.doc file, 67

personas, 45–46

identifying, 67–68

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), 224

refining, 46

Persona work item type, 163

phases, 42

PivotTable and PivotChart Wizard, 89–90, 109

PivotTable Field settings dialog box, 110

PivotTable report, 90

pivot tables, 109–110

work items, 89–90

PivotTable toolbar, 90

PlainText type, 187

plan, executing, 119–137

Plan an Iteration work stream, 85

plan as you go approach, 82

planning, 11, 85, 115–117

direction and focus, 146

imperfect, 131

process improvement and LPI framework, 149–152

scope, 84

technical perspective, 112–113

Visual Studio Team System, 82–84

planning activities, 78, 80–82

planning games, 85

planning projects, 77–79, 99–108

Plan track, 44

PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge), 27, 41, 77, 123

cost estimating and budgeting activities, 81

Development Project Management Plan, 78

fear of, 120

Initiate process group, 45

involvement of business stakeholders, 85

planning activities, 78–82

project management plan, 82

scope control process, 130

PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) Web site, 78

PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge, 119

PMOs (Project Management Offices), 142

practices, 213

Pragmatic Programming, 223

preventive actions, 123

principles, 29

prioritization, 36

prioritizing requirements, 96–99, 132–133

process areas, 213, 216–219

processes, 119

continual improvement, 211–212

improving, 141–154

process guidance, 10, 14, 32, 167, 204–205

process guidance documentation, 10

process guidance Web pages, 55–56

process improvement

estimating effort and scheduling, 154–155

executing and monitoring, 153–154

how well delivering software solutions, 212

how well performing task, 212

LPI (lightweight process improvement) framework,148–149

reducing uncertainty, 154–155

reviewing and continuation, 154

support from business, 143

treating as project, 144

process improvement coach, 148

process-improvement infrastructure, 51

Process Management perspective, 151

process metrics, 10

process template

selecting, 48–52

Process Template configuration navigation, 182

Process Template Editor, 15, 124, 168, 179

additional features, 197–204

classifications, 199–200

connecting to Team Foundation Server, 180

DateTimeControls, 195

default security settings, 200–202

default SharePoint structure and contents, 202–203

default source control settings, 202

default work items, 182–183

FieldControls, 195

Global lists, 198

Groups & Permissions node, 200

HTMLFieldControls, 195

Office Project field mappings, 200

Office Project Mapping node, 200

Portal node, 203

process template modification information, 180–181

Queries node, 183

report listings and parameters, 203–204

Reports node, 204

setting permissions, 201

Source Control node, 202

transition creation, 192–193

valid states of work item, 191

viewing process guidance data, 205

work item layouts customization, 194–196

work item queries, 183–185

work item query editor, 183–185

work item types, 185–196

work item workflow, 190–194

Process Template Manager dialog box, 177, 204

process templates, 14–15, 20, 22, 29, 32–34, 47, 168, 200, 204, 221

adding default work item, 182–183

additional options, 51–52

changing, 73

customization, 176–178

downloading, 177

editing, 179–204

FDD (Feature Driven Development), 52

information modification, 180–181

modifying, 51–52

modifying default set of areas and iterations, 165–166

MSF for Agile Software Development process template, 49–50

MSF for CMMI Process Improvement process

template, 50–51

naming, 181

report definitions, 166

Scrum, 52

security groups and settings, 167

selecting, 48–53

standards and governance, 29–30

treated as source code, 178

Unified Process, 52

validating contents, 180

ProcessTemplate.xml file, 177–178, 180–181

product

development iterations, 44

status, 128–129

product managers, 148

PROHIBITEDVALUES rule, 189

project areas, 29

project charter, 42, 99–100

project charter document, 46, 146

Project Creation Wizard, 48, 55

project management, 147

defining, 27–28

governance, 29–30

quality management, 35–36

risk management, 37–38

scope management, 36

standards, 29–30

support for role, 27–39

team communication management, 30–32

time and money management, 32–34

Project Management perspective, 151

project management plan, 78, 82

project manager, 1–4, 130

creative problem solving, 39

Initiate phase, 146

interpersonal skills, 39

specifying scope, 130–131

Project Manager role page, 56

Project Mapping dialog box, 200

project planning. See also planning projects, 77–82

project portal, 23–24, 65, 72, 84, 202–203

customization, 167–168

document libraries, 60

naming, 54

Process Guidance hyperlink, 120

quick way to get URL to document, 92

storing document-based requirements, 91

ProjectManagers option, 193

project-related metrics, 17–18

project reports, 24

project reviews, 141–142

project roles, 49

projects, 1

ambiguity, 130

Areas And Iterations settings, 93

assessing performance, 128

authority, 31

authorization, 42

automatically building, 124

bottleneck, 128

buffering estimates, 101

business value achieved, 148

constraints, 148–149

corrective action required, 126

creation versus reuse, 71–73

current status, 126

dark matter, 131–132

directing and managing execution, 121–124

documentation, 60

folder-like structure, 56

good requirements, 79

governance, 29–30

initiating, 41

iterations, 33, 45

major requirements, 45

managing scope, 130–132

modifying work items, 15

out of control, 18–19

refining plan, 105–107

scope, 36, 42, 79

standards, 29–30

status, 13, 128–129

Team Build, 124

technical approach, 112

time frames, 45

@Project special parameter, 165, 172

project spikes, 105

PROJECT target, 202

project vision, 55

project workbook, 86–88

PUBLISH_TEST_RESULTS permission, 201

pulling, 60

purchasing, 81

pushing, 60