Visual Studio Team Services Review
April 10, 2018
Visual Studio Team Services Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) is being used by our client's organization, therefore, we didn't pick it ourselves. It is used by our project manager to manage the project and the various features we are developing. With VSTS, it is easy to implement the software development lifecycle using agile principles. Our client is huge on agile and VSTS is a good solution for that method of project management.
- It's easy to see the work that you are assigned. VSTS also encourages the use of its additional details so features don't get confusing
- You can track progress of a particular sprint so you can see how far ahead or behind you are during a certain sprint
- Integration with git is excellent so viewing difference in files, previous commits, etc. are easy with VSTS
- The Query functionality is hard to use. I understand that its supposed to let users get more control of what they want to see, but its not easy
- It's hard to see total hours spent on a project. I mentioned in the pro that you can track progress, but it's hard to track how much effort was already spent
- Build scripts can be confusing to use. Sometimes builds fail for random reasons, but to re-run a build can be confusing
- Status meeting PowerPoint presentations are easier to make because of the progress tracking feature
- Time saved due to little or no confusion on who is assigned which task
- One-stop-shop for all project management activities
- Trello and Excel
VSTS is better than these options because there is integration with git and other services. Code reviews, branching, etc. are easier with VSTS. Although, Trello and Excel are probably better if you have smaller teams and smaller projects, I believe it isn't scalable. But if you are looking to use agile and grow your organization (or your organization is already big) then use VSTS.