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TARGETPROCESS
VISUAL STUDIO 2008
ADD-IN USER GUIDE
v.2.16 Visual Studio 2008 Add-In User Guide
This document describes TargetProcess Visual Studio 2008 Add-In
usage and configuration.
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VISUAL STUDIO 2008 INTEGRATION OVERVIEW .............................................................................................. 2
INSTALL AND CONFIGURE TARGETPROCESS VISUAL STUDIO ADD-IN .............................................................. 2
WORKING WITH TODO LIST ..................................................................................................................................... 3 WORKING WITH TIME TRACKING ............................................................................................................................... 4 SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
OTHER ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Visual Studio 2008 Integration Overview TargetProcess Visual Studio 2008 Add-In Integration provides the following functionality:
• Shows ToDo list with all user stories, bugs and tasks.
• Close assigned tasks and bugs.
• Automatic stop watch functionality for time tracking.
• Daily time fragmentation report.
Install and Configure TargetProcess Visual Studio Add-In Download TargetProcess Visual Studio Add-In from
http://www.targetprocess.com/support.asp, close Visual Studio and run the installer.
Installation process is straightforward and does not have any specific steps.
Run Visual Studio and find TargetProcess menu item on the top. Click menu and select Login
option. Popup window with TargetProcess credentials information will appear. It is required
to specify URL to TargetProcess server, your login and password to TargetProcess
application.
After that you may see your ToDo list. Click TargetProcess menu and select View To Do List
option.
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Working with ToDo List
ToDo list contains all your assignments. You may see all bugs, tasks and user stories from all
projects.
The following actions available:
• View assignment details – double click on row to open web browser with
assignment view page.
• Sort ToDo list – click on column header to sort by it.
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• Change assignment state – right click to row and select new state. Change will be
propagated to TargetProcess immediately.
• Refresh ToDo list – click Refresh List button to update the list with new assignment
made in TargetProcess.
Working with Time Tracking
Stop watch functionality powers painless time tracking in Visual Studio Add-In. You may
select required task and push start button. Time tracking for the task will be started.
If you click Stop button, you will be prompted to enter time description.
In the end of the day you may post all tracked time to TargetProcess. To do that you should
stop timer and push Submit Time button. Note that time does not automatically posted to
server, it is require to do that manually using Submit Time button.
Also you may see all spent time in a nice report that shows time fragmentation. Click on
Total time (for example, on the picture above you should click on 00:59:34) to see the
report.
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The time log shows all time record in a session that was not submitted to the server yet.
Each bar is a separate time record. Length of the bar is time duration.
You may hover bars to see complete time description.
The report clearly shows how fragmented your time is. Highly fragmented time is a sign of
inefficiency/many interruptions/multitasking. You may analyze it and make some
interesting conclusions.
Settings
Add-In has several settings. Click TargetProcess menu and select Options.
The options are straightforward and do not require any additional explanations.
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Other Please, email to [email protected] if any problems with TestTrackPro
integration.
Visit support forum at http://support.targetprocess.com or TargetProcess Help Desk at
http://helpdesk.targetprocess.com
If you have any questions about TargetProcess, just contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.targetprocess.com