Mickey Gousset is a Microsoft ALM MVP and Principal Consultant at Infront Consulting Group.
Martin Hinshelwood is a Microsoft ALM MVP and Principal Consultant at naked ALM Consulting.

Brian A. Randell is a Microsoft ALM MVP and Partner at MCW Technologies.

Brian Keller is a Principal Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, specializing in Visual Studio and Application Lifecycle Management.

Martin Woodward is a Principal Program Manager in the Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management team at Microsoft and a former MVP.

Ramp up your software development with this comprehensive resource
Microsoft s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) makes software development easier and now features support for iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development.

Introduction XXIX
Chapter 1: Introduction to Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 1
PART I: TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER
Chapter 2: Introduction to Team Foundation Server 11
Chapter 3: Using Centralized Team Foundation Version Control 37
Chapter 4: Distributed Version Control with Git and Team Foundation Server 77
Chapter 5: Team Foundation Build 93
Chapter 6: Release Management 127
Chapter 7: Common Team Foundation Server Customizations 153
PART II: BUILDING THE RIGHT SOFTWARE
Chapter 8: Introduction to Building the Right Software 167
Chapter 9: Storyboarding 177
Chapter 10: Capturing Stakeholder Feedback 193
PART III: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11: Introduction to Project Management 203
Chapter 12: Agile Planning and Tracking 233
Chapter 13: Using Reports, Portals, and Dashboards 257
PART IV: ARCHITECTURE
Chapter 14: Introduction to Software Architecture 277
Chapter 15: Top-Down Design with Use Case, Activity, Sequence, Component, and Class Diagrams 289
Chapter 16: Analyzing Applications Using Architecture Explorer, Dependency Graphs, and Code Maps 317
Chapter 17: Using Layer Diagrams to Model and Enforce Application Architecture 343
PART V: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 18: Introduction to Software Development 357
Chapter 19: Unit Testing 369
Chapter 20: Code Analysis, Code Metrics, Code Clone Analysis, and Codelens 397
Chapter 21: Profiling and Performance 425
Chapter 22: Debugging with Intellitrace 465
PART VI: TESTING
Chapter 23: Introduction to Software Testing 489
Chapter 24: Manual Testing 505
Chapter 25: Coded User Interface Testing 537
Chapter 26: Web Performance and Load Testing 563
Chapter 27: Lab Management 609
Index 633

Ramp up your software development with this comprehensive resource

Microsoft's Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) makes software development easier and now features support for iOS, MacOS, Android, and Java development. If you are an application developer, some of the important factors you undoubtedly consider in selecting development frameworks and tools include agility, seamless collaboration capabilities, flexibility, and ease of use. Microsoft's ALM suite of productivity tools includes new functionality and extensibility that are sure to grab your attention. Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 provides in-depth coverage of these new capabilities. Authors Mickey Gousset, Martin Hinshelwood, Brian A. Randell, Brian Keller, and Martin Woodward are Visual Studio and ALM experts, and their hands-on approach makes adopting new ALM functionality easy.
Streamline software design and deployment with Microsoft tools and methodologies
Gain a practical overview of ALM with step-by-step guides and reference material
Case studies illustrate specific functionality and provide in-depth instruction
Use new capabilities to support iOS, MacOS, Android and Java development
Discover this comprehensive solution for modeling, designing, and coordinating enterprise software deployments
Over 100 pages of new content, forward-compatible with new product releases

Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 provides a complete framework for using ALM to streamline software design and deployment processes using well-developed Microsoft tools and methodologies. Professional Application Lifecycle Management with Visual Studio 2013 is your guide to make use of newly-available ALM features to take your enterprise software development to the next level.