I'm working with TFS 2015.
The thing is that my team has got a Feature. Inside this feature we have several backlogs. My teammate is working on backlog X. His backlog shows on the task board.
How to do this ? I can only add tasks from feature view.
Features page
Task board page
Should I add a new backlog in the task board view and then link this feature as parent? But how exactly should it look? I need instructions step by step.
Thanks in advance. :)
In case someone will have similar question in the future:
You have to change iteration path in the backlog to have it shown on the task board.
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We have just started using Team Foundation Server (version 15). I thought I could use Epics to organize features and other work elements but when I create an Epic I don't see where it is and can't see how to associate a Feature to it. Am I misunderstanding the use of Epics? I have been given a single project called Workflow under which I need to manage multiple clients. Epics seems a good container for a client level object.
Thank you!
From your team's backlog page, click the gear icon (gear icon) to open the common configuration team settings.
Click the Backlogs tab and check the boxes of those backlog levels you want your team to manage.
Source : Microsoft's documentation
I am trying to customize the Kanban board in TFS 2018 for new work item types I've added.
Following the documentation at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/work/kanban/add-columns , my configuration dialog seems to be missing the Board configuration.
Here's from the documentation
Here's my panel (I've added my user as the team administrator).
Any help in regards to customize my workflow and board is highly appreciated.
At the moment, the Kanban board settings are not available for the Sprint board. The settings page you're showing applies to backlogs such as Epics, Features and Backlog Items. Not to the Sprint backlog.
We've recently added a new workflow state "Released" to both our product backlog item (PBI) and bug templates. Unfortunately, when a PBI or bug is marked "Released" it no longer appears in our default sprint queries. Is there a way to change the default sprint queries so that this new workflow is included? We're using TFS 2015.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
You cant modify the Query, but you don't need to.
You do need to add that new State to the Process Configuration so that TFS knows what to do with it. You need to mapp the new state to one of the meta-states; "Proposed", "InProgress", or "Completed".
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-gb/docs/work/reference/process-configuration-xml-element#map
Once you have added the map work items should appear on the relevant board.
I'm trying to change the look of the Kanban Board in TFS 2013 by adding the WorkItem ID to tasks, bugs and PBI's.
To be more precise: I would like to add the WI# before the title of each item in the swimminglanes.
I'm trying to do this with witadmin but can't seem to find the correct files.
This feature is now available on TFS Online.
To show WorkItem Id's on BLI's & Bugs, you have update the settings on the board.
Click on the Settings wheel on the top right corner of the board.
Select "Cards" in the drop down.
In the "Customize Cards" page, select the "Show ID" checkbox as highlighted in the below image.
Click "Save" button. You board will refresh with new settings.
Note: The settings are separate for Bug & Product Backlog Item
The best answer I can provide at the moment is to point you towards Tiago Pascoal's Task Board Enhancer, which is a extension that can be installed on your TFS server to get some kanban board enhancements.
http://pascoal.net/task-board-enhancer/
As Andrew mentioned, there is no other way to enhance work items on the kanban board currently.
This isn't something that you can currently customize through the process template (witadmin). Sorry.
Take a look at this solution of using a "bookmarklet" to just show the ID on the boards without having to make any changes on the server http://pascoal.net/2012/08/adding-work-item-ids-to-team-foundation-server-board/
The one I use is from that site:
javascript:$('.tbTile').each(function(){var t=this.id.substring(5,999),n=$(this).find('.witTitle').first();n.attr('_wi')===undefined&&(n.attr('_wi',t),n.html('<strong>'+t+'<\/strong>-'+n.text()))}),$('.board-tile').each(function(){var t=this.id,n=$(this).find('.title').first();n.attr('_wi')===undefined&&(n.attr('_wi',t),n.html('<strong>'+t+'<\/strong>-'+n.text()))})
Maybe I am not understanding the scrum development model correctly, but I am confused why TFS places bugs on a different row than my backlog item even if the backlog item is set as its parent.
I thought that we would make a bug report, and it be placed in the TO DO column. Then as you commit code to that bug, you associate the commits with that particular task ID for the bug. Then once it is done it is moved to DONE. Is that not how scrum works? What is the typical process for fixing a reported bug?
That is the view of the task board. In the most recent Scrum process template (Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum 2.x), the Bug is in the Requirements category. Doing so, the Bug is treated like a Product Backlog Item (it can be stacked ranked, broken down into workable tasks, and fed through the process like any other PBI). If you are on TFS 2012 Update 1, or TFService, you should have a Kanban board tab on the product backlog page which is where you would move your bugs through the states (New/Approved/Committed/Done). In the task board (screenshot above), the Bugs and Product Backlog Items will be shown as rows (where you have Task Here and Bug Here) and the the tasks will exist in the To do, In progress, and Done columns.
When you work against a bug, you work specifically against the tasks, and associate/resolve those tasks as you check in code. Once your 'Definition of Done' has been met, you can then move the Bug work item (on the Kanban board, or manually via the state field) to Done.
We are developing agile tools for TFS since 2008 at Urban Turtle. In the 2012 version we did exactly what you are looking for. Green line represent User Story (PBI) and red box represent bugs.
You can try our Product online if you want.
This is a print screen of the feature you requested. If you need more info just contact me. ddanis#urbanturtle.com