Exercise 4: Introduction to MSF Agile Process Sample Documents

In this exercise, you will be introduced to two of the sample documents that are provided with the MSF Agile Process Template.

1. In Team Explorer, navigate to the Documents | Samples and Templates | Personas and Design folder and double-click on Sample Document – Persona Definition.docx to open it in Microsoft Word. You may need to confirm that you want to download the file as before.

   Figure 1

   Persona definition sample location

2. Take a quick look through the Persona Definition sample to get an idea of what it offers.

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   Start of persona definition sample document

   Personas exist as a way to improve the design of software systems that will be used by people from different backgrounds and with different needs, experience, and skill levels. This document contains persona definitions for a sample project.

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   Example persona

3. Switch back to Team Explorer and open Sample Document – Iteration Retrospective.docx from the Retrospectives folder.

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   Start of iteration retrospective sample document

   This document is used to record the discussions and action items from the Iteration Retrospective. Iteration Retrospective is held at the end of each iteration to reflect on how the team performed during the iteration. This sample document contains iteration goals, progress statistics, what went well and what didn’t, and finally actions for improvement.

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