TeamDef - Facts

TeamDef is Windows Forms application for time tracking and time sheet management for team projects in Team Foundation Server. Used in conjunction with Microsoft Team Foundation Server, TeamDef allows users to efficiently track time consumption for work items in their projects. Besides time tracking, TeamDef can be used by project managers and team leaders for project planning and task assignment on operational level.

TeamDef is designed for project managers, team leaders, developers, testers and other members of the development team who use Microsoft Team Foundation Server for their projects.
TeamDef is designed for all development teams which do not have sufficient control over operational (day to day) planning and which need to track work item consumption by individual task or project.

If you are a project manager, TeamDef offers you more flexible and more precise information regarding real status of the project. TeamDef will provide information about real-time consumption of work items and project phases and information about real progress of your tasks. TeamDef will also provide notification about a potential risk to meeting a deadline based on information that comes directly from “the field”.
If you are a team leader, TeamDef is a powerful tool which allows you operational, day-to-day management of task scheduling, time tracking and time sheet management.
If you are a member of the development team, TeamDef will help you to stay focused on the tasks needed to finish the project. You will also, for instance, have a plan of activities for the next week and you will have information on what to do, when to do it and how much time you spent doing it.

Yes. There are immediate benefits from implementation of TeamDef to all other members of the overall project team, including management, who need answers to questions like:

“When will we have time and resources to do our next project?”
“Which project is more profitable?”
“Which projects are generating losses?”
“What is the efficiency of our development team in a particular type of the project?”
“Do we have enough resources to finish all contracted projects on schedule?”

Yes. TeamDef supports teams with different organizations and structures. For example, TeamDef can be useful to teams which are organized in a way where the project manager assigns tasks directly to team members – but – TeamDef is also useful to teams where project manager is responsible for summary tasks and team leader handles task (work items) assignment according to project plan. TeamDef is also useful in situations where a (small) team does not have a project manager – in that case its ability to manage day-to-day assignments comes in the first place.