ALM Rangers Triage #9 – the first of the rolling triages

If you have recently submitted an ALM Rangers solution idea on Visual Studio UserVoice, you should read on and determine if you are happy with the triage results. You can and should influence future triages!
As discussed in Triage of ideas … ∆ process changes we have switched to rolling. This is the first!

current status

We have two projects (flights) that are in their last Quality-Planning (QP) sprint, which triggered this rolling triage. While the “Config as Code” project is waiting on the completion of copy editing and quality essentials processes, the ALM Readiness Treasure Map team is troubleshooting a start-up race condition.  

current status

In are our project idea triages effective? Help us reflect and innovate! we asked you for feedback on your satisfaction of the project ideas we selected in recent triages and have subsequently shipped. In future we will release the satisfaction polls earlier and to the broader community, so that we can determine whether the decisions made at the triage, result in win:win solutions for you.

triage 9 results and recommendations

All project ideas are now plotted in the Product Group and Ranger/Community value quadrant. The latter is dependent on your votes for ideas posted on Visual Studio UserVoice.

The green area shows the win:win projects, which have are typically the ones that receive permission to start taxiing  to the project runway for take-off.

1. We added new indicators to show the trend of ideas that were carried over from previous triages. Unit Test Generator rating remained unchanged.
2. Project Unicorn is our next big “gig” … watch the space. Resources for the DSC Library v2 is the other project that received he “thumbs up” and continues from where Create quality guide about Config as Code for DevOps and ALM practitioners left off.
3. Git for the TFVC Users guide is still on hold, but scheduled for consideration ASAP.
4. ALM Readiness Treasure Map rating increased slightly in terms of Ranger Value, but has not yet entered the win:win quadrant.
5. SAFe Practical Guidance, Cloud Service Model Guide and Provisioning VMs to Azure with DSC decreased slightly in terms of Ranger Value. All remain outside the win:win quadrant.

how do you influence the rangers “value” in future triages?

Project Idea	You can influence by…
SAFe Practical Guidance	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.
ALM Treasure Map v4	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.
Cloud Service Model Guide	Add a comment below and share your views.
Provisioning VMs to Azure with DSC	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.
Unit Test Generator OSS	Add a comment below and share your views.
Support p&p DevOps Patterns Guide	Add a comment below and share your views.
TFS on Azure IaaS Guide Update v2	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.
Convert Testing Quick Guide into Wiki	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.
Git for TFVC User Guide v3.1	Add a comment below and share your views.
Custom UI controls for custom app	Find idea on UserVoice Rangers. Add votes to increase or remove votes to decrease computed Ranger value.

Ask your community for their votes on UserVoice and to raise their voice on these triage posts. Every vote and comment counts!

how do add new ideas for future triages?

• If you are from the ALM Rangers, ALM MVPs or ALM Community submit your Visual Studio idea using UserVoice‎ and influence the value (see above).
• Otherwise contact me direct.

Ensure that you deliver the following minimum information when submitting a project idea, to avoid delays:

• Crisp title
• Crisp description
• Definition of what the problem and why it needs a solution
• 1-3 crisp objectives

deleted project ideas

We deleted no project ideas from the ideas backlog this time. All queued ideas will be re-triaged.

questions

Have we missed anything? Thoughts?

Remember to capture YOUR project ideas on UserVoice so that they light up in the next triage.

reference posts

• Triage of ideas … ∆ process changes
• ALM Rangers Triage #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, #1 - What happened to your idea in UserVoice?
• Have you got an idea for a new or an existing ALM Rangers solution?
• FAQ – How many ALM Ranger initiatives can/should I commit to?
• Visual Studio ALM Rangers Transparency – Clarifying the processes: Projects (Part 1)