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EDS ROI Study
EDS used Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to support a more efficient global development strategy, realigning its internal software development assets and improving the productivity of its developers and testers. EDS saw an ROI of 286% and a payback of 4 months
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Dell ROI Study
By using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server to deploy a global source code management platform, Dell is able maintain a centralized repository for all source code and provide it to developers on a just-in-time basis regardless of their location. Improved source code management has also enabled Dell to consolidate its source code onto fewer servers, redeploy 100 system administrators, and improve the productivity of its developers. Dell saw an ROI of 225% and a payback of 6 months.
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Global Manufacturer ROI Study
A global manufacturer deployed Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to improve the consistency and efficiency of internal software development,enabling it to support adoption of the widely recognized Capability Maturity Model for software development. This enabled the company to increase developer, project manager, and tester productivity while improving software quality.
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Social Networking Web Site ROI Study
A social networking Web site used Microsoft Visual Studio Team System to improve the productivity of its developers and project managers as well as to reduce software costs.
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Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications' Enterprise Application Development group lacked a standard development methodology, formal software testing, and requirements authoring standards. Seeking a solution, Clear Channel deployed Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System and defined its development model and framework based on the Microsoft Solutions Framework. The result was a complete culture change: formerly opposing factions became a cohesive, productive team.
"With Visual Studio Team System, we thought we were buying developer tools; what we got was a culture-changing tool." — John Szurek, Enterprise Architect, Clear Channel Communications
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Washington State Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development (CTED)
Facing multiple simultaneous projects, the nine-member software development group within the CTED found it difficult to accurately assess project status, estimate new efforts, and ensure sufficient software quality. The group adopted Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System to help it overcome those issues. In gaining a comprehensive solution for all aspects of the development life cycle, the group has been able to increase its productivity, better manage and understand the application life cycle, and increase software quality.
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Configuresoft, Inc.
Configuresoft, an innovator in systems management technology, developed a business intelligence component for its primary solution, Enterprise Configuration Manager, which enables enterprises to track and measure IT performance. To streamline development, the company deployed Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals. Using the collaborative development environment, automated testing tools, and version control, database developers were able to increase communication and cut development time in half.
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Gulf Coast Seal
Gulf Coast Seal manufactures high-performance industrial sealing products. An upgrade of the company's enterprise resource planning software required significant changes to the data warehouse, which required minimal downtime. Two programmers upgraded the data warehouse in only eight weeks by relying on Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals. Because deployment required only eight hours, the impact on operations was minimal.
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NCAA March Madness
This case study illustrates how the Windows Live Development team was able to design, build and deliver a high profile consumer facing Web application under extremely tight deadlines by making use of Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers.
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Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live Hotmail is a popular Web-based, consumer email service from Microsoft. This case study documents how the Microsoft Live Hotmail development team used the testing capabilities of Visual Studio Team System to ensure that the new rollout of Windows Live Hotmail would adequately meet the site's rigorous performance requirements.
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