don’t feel too bad – I was on a team living the dvcs dream with Mercurial and was forced to move all of our source into TFS
Honestly, while I’m not a huge fan (especially for version control), TFS in and of itself is not the end of the world – like any tool, it’s how you use it. In my experience, the motives behind it tend to be the more concerning thing. More specifically, where TFS looks really compelling is in its integration and reporting capabilities. These aren’t inherently bad capabilities, but what I’ve seen is that they paint a very false sense of order and security for project manager types – and as a result, getting those reports becomes the goal rather than driving the project. To put it another way and echo what Michael said, a good project (at least one that I want to work on) values individuals and interactions over processes and tools. From what I’ve seen, orgs who are really strong TFS advocates appear to reverse those values. _howard From: Michael Ibarra Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My company just decided to implement Team Foundation Server, should I be concerned? Yeah, sorry for the far too brief answer. In my experience, TFS has always been a pain for dev teams and administrators alike, and winds up increasing TCO over time. My biggest complaints are around branching, merging, and reverting changes. As far as reporting and tracking goes, maybe someone else here can recommend some better reporting tools for your current source control tools. You have to do what's best for your team, but ultimately, as an agile org, it's important to remember that it's about individuals and interactions over processes and tools. If the tools and processes get in the way, then... On Jan 26, 2011 8:28 AM, "Brandon Molina" <[email protected]> wrote: Can you give me a bit of context. I may have an opportunity to counter the proposal. On Jan 26, 8:17 am, Michael Ibarra <[email protected]> wrote: > Imho, hell yes. > > Mike > > On Jan 26, 2011 8:11 AM, "Brandon Molina" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In the past I actually championed an effort to get a different company > to switch from... > mailto:altnetseattle%[email protected]<altnetseattle%2Bunsubscribe@goog legroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" gro... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
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