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Improve: Productivity, Clarity, Quality and Collaboration

Most stakeholders today contribute to project requirements using Microsoft Office tools; however

issues like information fragmentation, redundancy and lack of reuse leave stakeholders wanting.

SmartOffice4TFS is the missing link in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) process,

bringing Microsoft Team Foundation Server functionality and connectivity into Microsoft Office.

SmartOffice4TFS provides stakeholders with a direct, two-way connection between Microsoft

Office and TFS via plugins for Word, Visio, Excel and Outlook; creating a ‘single source of truth’.

With SmartWord4TFS you can easily:

Access any TFS process template.

Create and manage work items within Word.

Get work items from TFS queries into Word .

Author requirements for one project and then connect the

document to another project, thereby reusing common

work items.

Author SmartWord templates in multiple languages.

Create standard document templates using the SmartWord

template Wizard.

Incrementally publish work items from a SmartWord

document, and refresh content in Word from TFS.

Generate reports and specifications.

Standardize requirements document templates.

Share documents with external reviewers/approvers; with

discussion and rating of each item.

With SmartVisio4TFS you can easily:

Visually author TFS work items through models.

Link Visio documents and elements with work items.

Auto-detect and create usage scenarios.

View and update work item details.

Save the diagram visual as an attachment or an image to the linked work item.

Create a hyperlink to a Visio file in the work item.

Collect meta data from TFS and display its status in a diagram: produce data graphics.

Bring TFS work items into Visio and display them as a mind map: work item visualization.

Hover over diagram shapes and lines and quickly view the related work item defects.

Bulk add work items in a diagram.

Create screen mock-ups of the application using the native TFS PowerPoint Storyboarding interface and link it to shapes and work items.

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SMARTOFFICE4TFS

SmartWord4TFS is a Microsoft plugin that enables

you to seamlessly integrate Microsoft Word with Team

Foundation Server.

It makes collaboration easier by giving all

stakeholders access to Smart documents and the

ability to author, review, edit, and discuss work items

and create reports simultaneously.

Document templates can be customized to your

specifications in minutes.

SmartVisio4TFS provides seamless integration

between Microsoft Visio and Team Foundation Server.

Designed to work with any type of diagram and model,

it allows you to create linked work items from

individual elements in the diagram. It also provides a

visual status of requirements, along with analytics.

SmartVisio4TFS can analyze your business process

models and automatically generate test cases that

cover all the scenarios in your process.

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30-Day Free Trial Offer

To try a full-featured version of SmartOffice4TFS risk-free for 30 days, come visit us at

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BENEFITS

Increase efficiency and project quality.

Engage all stakeholders, improve collaboration.

Satisfy compliance and audit requirements.

Extend the value of your Microsoft TFS investment.

Reduce time and save money.

Continue to use the Office tools you know & love.

SMARTOFFICE4TFS

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SmartOutlook4TFS is a Microsoft Outlook plug-in that enables you to seamlessly Integrate Microsoft Outlook with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server. SmartOutlook4TFS can easily convert emails and tasks to work items and organize them using Outlook views. Create an easy transition between email communication and work item management.

SmartExcel4TFS, a Microsoft Excel plug-in, auto-mates the generation of user defined traceability matri-ces from Microsoft TFS, including: requirements traceability, defect analysis and work item decomposi-tion matrices. What used to take days, now can be done in minutes. With SmartExcel4TFS, large volumes of work items and their relationships in TFS can be visualized and organized in a variety of different perspectives, right from within Excel. Creating, analyzing and understanding how information is linked is critical to

With SmartExcel4TFS you can easily:

Create a Requirements Traceability Matrix with

complete requirements coverage.

Retrieve data and display it in a traceable

manner from TFS to Excel.

See work items along with the associated work

items that are linked with them.

Select the properties that should appear in a

traceability matrix and define the color coding

rules.

Individual work items can be updated by using

the familiar interface of TFS and saved to TFS .

View the test coverage of work items.

View test cases with their associated defects.

With SmartOutlook4TFS you can easily:

Create work items from within Outlook.

Create a new work item from an email.

Author and link new work items in an Outlook grid.

Attach a list of emails to a work item.

Insert multiple work items in an email.

Organize and view TFS queries from Outlook.

Create new work items from an Outlook task.

Follow a review and approval workflow in Outlook.

View test coverage by requirement.

Manage backlog using configured workflows.

BENEFITS

Increase efficiency and project quality.

Engage all stakeholders, improve collaboration.

Satisfy compliance and audit requirements.

Extend the value of your Microsoft TFS investment.

Reduce time and save money.

Continue to use the Office tools you know & love.

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Modern Requirements | info@modernrequirements.com | 1-877-473-2881 | www.modernrequirements.com

30-Day Free Trial Offer

To try a full-featured version of SmartOffice4TFS risk-free for 30 days, come visit us at

www.ModernRequirements.com

ABOUT MODERN REQUIREMENTS

Project success is based on open communication, effective collaboration, and the use of intelligent systems.

At Modern Requirements this has been our goal since 1999. Helping others to achieve this continues to be at

the core of our business.

SmartOffice4TFS adds to our line of ALM tools that includes inteGREAT, widely considered the best BA

Requirements Power Tool on the market today.

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