VSTS just keeps on giving!
October 23, 2017
VSTS just keeps on giving!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
VSTS is our ALM tool of choice, we use it to plan, collaborate and test.
Over the years we have slowly rolled access out further to stakeholders and developers alike to ensure everyone is working from one tool which has ultimately resulted in shipping products much faster than before.
Over the years we have slowly rolled access out further to stakeholders and developers alike to ensure everyone is working from one tool which has ultimately resulted in shipping products much faster than before.
- Source control - this is the primary reason we moved from in-house TFS to the online offering. It's fast and robust.
- Feature rich - there are a lot of useful features in VSTS that have become our go to tools. Test manager for bug reporting being a key one outside of the source control functionality.
- User Interface isn't that intuitive - I think more could be done to make the User Experience much better. We have lost countless hours trying to do the simplest of things such as creating new iterations and making them visible in the UI.
- Due to some UI/UX inconsistencies be prepared for a fairly steep learning curve when first using the system but as you begin using the system daily it is clear to see the benefits of using one unified system - less errors and more efficiency are to be had resulting in a long terms ROI.
Being primarily Microsoft Developers and how VSTS integrates with Visual Studio it stood head and shoulders above other options for us at the time of making our initial decision.