Application Lifecycle Management Tool Improves Visual Studio Team
Foundation Server Processes, Automates Templates For Business, Technical
Analysts and Developers
LAFAYETTE, Calif.--TechExcel Inc., a leading provider of application lifecycle management
(ALM) software, today announced at Microsoft TechEd Developer 2007 in
Barcelona, Spain that the company’s flagship
DevTrack ALM software now fully supports the Microsoft Visual Studio
Team Foundation Server. Using DevTrack’s
powerful VersionLink software tool, the ALM solution now supports Team
Foundation Server to provide customers with a simpler and easier way to
define, automate, and customize Team Foundation Server Process
Templates. Extending TechExcel’s ALM
technology to Visual Studio Team Foundation Server empowers development
teams to gather, track and manage requirements directly within their
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System environments. This enables
business and technical users that work in peripheral roles of
distributed development teams using Team Foundation Server to actively
participate in application lifecycle processes to ensure that business
demands are aligned with the software that is delivered.
“Effectively managing requirements across a
broad cross section of stakeholders is critical in the architecting and
delivery of software solutions,” said Matt
Nunn, group product manager for Visual Studio Team System, Microsoft
Corp. “Microsoft is pleased to see TechExcel
offer support for Visual Studio Team Foundation Server with its ALM
solution.”
TechExcel’s DevTrack is a market-leading
project- and issue-tracking tool for Application Lifecycle Management
that helps companies ensure that products are developed and delivered on
time, within budget. DevTrack is a simple way to completely track and
manage product defects, change requests, and other development
priorities in a team-based way across the entire lifecycle. The
VersionLink tool allows development teams to use their preferred
software configuration management system with DevTrack and enables TFS
support with the TechExcel product family.
“TechExcel VersionLink support for Microsoft
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server now utilizes the convenience of
Team Foundation Server's work items while dually maintaining the
powerful configurability and workflow controls found in our
award-winning DevTrack. Now users can simply export their DevTrack
workflow and user interface settings into a Visual Studio 2005 Team
System process template,” said Paul
Unterberg, Senior Product Manager of TechExcel’s
DevTrack. “VersionLink for Visual Studio 2005
Team System provides a unified experience for developers with
configuration management responsibilities to extend information to other
team members and provides a more stable foundation on which to
communicate real time metrics and reports.”
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server expands the definition
and audience reach of Microsoft’s Visual
Studio product line beyond developers to project managers, software
testers, infrastructure and software architects, and IT business
decision-makers. Visual Studio Team System introduces advanced features
for software developers and tightly aligns application design,
development and quality development in a completely customizable way.
“Our customers come to us for a completely
integrated ALM solution. By adding support for Microsoft Team Foundation
Server and Visual Studio, TechExcel is giving enterprises a truly
complete and compelling offering,” said Dr.
Tieren Zhou, CEO and Chief Software Architect of TechExcel. “We
are confident that VersionLink with DevTrack will provide users of Team
Foundation Server with enhanced functionality and significant value to
help give them a market advantage.”
Looking ahead, TechExcel is investigating further ways to integrate
DevSuite with Team Foundation Server, offering software development
teams innovative ways to simplify ALM processes.
About TechExcel
TechExcel, Inc. is a leader in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
solutions through the DevSuite, which includes DevSpec, DevPlan,
DevTrack and DevTest. TechExcel also provides IT Support and Service
solutions that bridge the divide between product development and
service/support. This enables enterprises to focus on strategic goals of
product design, project planning, development and testing, as well as
enabling transparent visibility with all customer-facing initiatives.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Lafayette, California, TechExcel
maintains over 1,500 customers in more than 42 countries worldwide. For
more information, visit http://www.techexcel.com
or call 925-871-3900 in the United States or +44 020 8322 7700 in the
United Kingdom.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
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