Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution comprising of tools, processes and guidance to help your team work more effectively. It offers a profound change in the way teams collaborate to build software, but its adoption can be overwhelming even for the most disciplined organization. By complementing your team with external expertise, you can accelerate a successful deployment and significantly reduce adoption risks.

Osellus provides a full range of services for each phase of VSTS adoption to help your team realize its full potential. As a leading provider of process improvement and automation solutions for the software development industry, we have participated in the VSTS Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and have been developing VSTS client and server extensions since 2004. As a member of Microsoft Visual Studio Inner Circle, we continue to work closely with Microsoft to drive the successful adoption of VSTS as an integrated ALM solution.

VSTS Service Offerings

ALM Assessment
Before deploying VSTS, Osellus conducts an assessment of your development environment measured against Microsoft and Osellus best practices and patterns.

VSTS Express Deployment
This service can take between 5 to 10 days of consulting effort and is aimed at smaller implementations that consist of a single server, a co-located team of less than 30 developers, a single out-of-the-box process template and a single project.

VSTS Standard Deployment
This service is aimed at VSTS deployments that entail one or more geographically dispersed project teams that require customized processes and tool behavior to meet specific business objectives.

VSTS Process Template Creation
An Osellus process consultant develops an open process architecture that guides the ongoing development and tailoring of VSTS process templates. Your team uses this process architecture to create mixed technology VSTS templates using in-house or external methodologies such as RUP, OpenUP, MSF, ITIL and COBIT.

VSTS Migration
The Osellus VSTS Migration service is a packaged offering for organizations that intend to migrate from Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, Rational RequisitePro and other software development tools to VSTS.

Process Enactment
Osellus consultants are industry recognized experts in enacting software development processes using the VSTS platform. The process enactment offering provides a seamless transition from the process definition stage to the stage of utilizing the defined processes in real-life projects.

Process Governance Automation
The process governance automation offering reduces the time, effort and expenses associated with implementing governance and compliance standards.

CMMI Automation
VSTS offers an excellent platform for automating the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) process improvement framework. Our CMMI Automation offering leverages your VSTS investment to achieve a higher CMMI maturity level.

Short Term Assistance
You can also utilize the VSTS expertise of our consultants in the form of a point solution to a single problem that may be jeopardizing your project goals. Our areas of expertise include Work Item Management, Source Code Management, Build Management, Report and Data Mining.

Osellus ALM Engagement Model

The Osellus ALM engagement model is a proven approach for efficient delivery of all of our VSTS services. The Osellus ALM engagement model:

• Provides a staged roadmap for an iterative deployment of your VSTS solution based on your business needs and assessment of your current situation;
• Maintains a continuous management visibility into the solution implementation and a close alignment with your changing business requirements;
• Helps to mitigate the risks commonly associated with introducing new technologies and processes by field testing each iteration;
• Provides a gradual path to self-sufficiency through scheduled follow-ups and knowledge transfer sessions.