{"id":21435,"date":"2016-09-21T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T18:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/?p=21435"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:56:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:56:20","slug":"using-physical-boards-alongside-your-team-servicestfs-kanban-and-taskboards-agile-cards-by-spartez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/using-physical-boards-alongside-your-team-servicestfs-kanban-and-taskboards-agile-cards-by-spartez\/","title":{"rendered":"Using physical boards alongside your Team Services\/TFS Kanban and Taskboards \u2013 Agile Cards by Spartez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agile transformation and ongoing process maintenance are often not as easy as they would seem. Despite the very open nature of <a href=\"http:\/\/agilemanifesto.org\/\">Agile Manifesto<\/a>\u00a0it is important to maintain consistency between selected methods and the tools. This may become increasingly difficult with the growth of organisations, complexity of projects and internal team dynamics.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/09\/spartezfridge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"255\" class=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spartez kitchen on a random day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>One of Microsoft partners, a company called Spartez, offers a unique solution to Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server (TFS)\u00a0users, which might be helpful in combining the benefits of using modern digital Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions with more traditional yet still very effective approaches. With <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=spartez.agile-cards\">Agile Cards<\/a>,\u00a0you can easily print customised work items cards from Team Services or TFS for use on your physical boards. It is also possible to synchronise the physical boards back with Team Services\u00a0and TFS with just one mobile device photo of the whole board.<\/p>\n<p>Spartez, the company behind Agile Cards, has recently started a <a href=\"https:\/\/spartez.com\/show-agile-cards?&amp;utm_source=MSblog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=Ignite16\">campaign to collect and share pro tips, best practices and suggestions<\/a> on how to use printed work item cards. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spartez.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/19\/a-physical-kanban-board-for-many-teams?utm_source=MSblog&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=Ignite16\">first results<\/a> are already\u00a0out.<\/p>\n<p>Cool swag can also be won, so don\u2019t wait and share your story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spartez will be showcasing their product during upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/ignite.microsoft.com\/#fbid=EJmTdWHwNcG\">Microsoft Ignite 2016<\/a> in Atlanta. You will find them at booth #777.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agile transformation and ongoing process maintenance are often not as easy as they would seem. Despite the very open nature of Agile Manifesto\u00a0it is important to maintain consistency between selected methods and the tools. This may become increasingly difficult with the growth of organisations, complexity of projects and internal team dynamics. One of Microsoft partners, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":45953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,253,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agile","category-azure-devops-server","category-devops"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Agile transformation and ongoing process maintenance are often not as easy as they would seem. Despite the very open nature of Agile Manifesto\u00a0it is important to maintain consistency between selected methods and the tools. This may become increasingly difficult with the growth of organisations, complexity of projects and internal team dynamics. 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