I just did my first oil change (on my first VW!) and found @drkwcrusher's description to be spot on.
I drained the pan, used some velcro to hold the cables out of the way, drained the filter by pulling the plug in it's housing, let it sit a bit, and then pulled the filter housing. Didn't have a lot of oil in the housing, but putting the plug back in the houseing before taking it off would have been brilliant. Having two pans to drain into was perfect, since a little more drained from the pan when I pulled the plug on the filter.
Else it was a tidy job. The 8 million screws in the plastic engine bay line were more of a hassle than the oil change!
Two issues I have left: 1) anybody got a part number for the bolt with a replaceable washer? I don't want to replace the whole damned bolt every time. It's cheap enough, but just on principle, I'd rather replace a washer (like every other car I've owned!)
2) I'm pretty certain the dealer DIDN'T DRAIN THE FILTER BEFORE PULLING IT! The filter housing was filthy, like it was covered in oil and road dust got stuck to it. I may have bought the first 2015 TDI in all of Portland, so I'm certain I'm the first one my dealer performed an oil change on (four months later). Still, the procedure is in the service manual I downloaded from VW, and it says to pull the freakin oil filter plug.
Is this typical of VW dealer repair shops? Shoddy, careless work when a model is new to them? Any recommendations for the best in Portland, Oregon? (I expect to do basic maintenance myself.)