I have an "Advanced" license in our TFS 2015. However, the "Capacity" tab is missing when I view the backlog. What else am I missing?
Are you looking at the Product Backlog or the Sprint Backlog? Do you have start and end dates defined for your selected sprint? Only when you are on the sprint backlog with defined dates does the capacity tab show up.
There is also an issue where you must set the Users Access Level to "Basic" or higher, at the Organization level for that user to be able to see the Capacity Tab at all in the Projects.
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I'm using TFS 2015, with Scrum process template.
I noticed that some backlogs are not displayed using menu 'Backlog' or 'Board' and are just displayed on query or search.
I'm sure that it is not related with a specific iteration. I got experiences this issues sometimes.
It makes me missing some backlogs when I organize the backlogs.
Can I get an information to solve this situation?
I'm sure that query is no problem, however some managers want to use without doing something.
For example:
normally, The backlogs are displayed as follows.
backlog: #1234 (child:#5678
bug : #5678 (parent:#1234)
However, In this case, #5678 is just displayed and #1234 isn't.
so, I have to query to see #1234 or search on #1234 If I want to see.
I hope there are displayed all backlogs on TFS normally.
Please make sure you have enabled the Show Parents and expand the tree hierarchy on the Backlog.
UPDATE:
You need to clarify your question. What's that mean for "backlog" you mentioned here? a PBI or just a bug?
If you can not see the Parents wits, then you need to enable Parents: Show.
If you mean the Bugs can not be displayed on the Backlog, then you can set the Working with bugs in SETTINGS just as you mentioned.
If you mean you cannot see other Backlog navigation levels, then just select the specific Backlog navigation level in SETTINGS- > General -> Backlogs -> Backlog navigation levels
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.
I've just upgraded TFS from 2012 to 2015. If I create a 'Feature' can I move PBIs under it so I can organise all of the PBIs into 'Features' and 'Epics'?
To map a backlog item under a feature:
First choose Backlog items and turn mapping on.
Next, find the Unparented backlog items group.
Drag items that are currently unparented to the feature under which
they belong.
Also, you can drag a backlog item to a different feature to change
its parent.
Then you will see the dragged PBI under the corresponding feature.
More detail info please refer this tutorial： Map items to group them under a feature or epic
Currently we are using TFS (Web Version) as we know a product backlog item can be added via 1-Product backlog Item 2-Bug (We are using Bug to keep track of Customer/partner logged bugs)
When ever we post a bug from MTM its visible in the product backlog list (Which we don't want)
Is there any alternates for this?
Can we create one more menu under the Backlogs tab?
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You should really create a separate work item type, maybe "Issue", to represent an externally reported issue.
You can then triage those issues and break them down into Bugs and PBI's that then appear on the backlog for ordering.
Try and avoid the Bug as a task Anti-Pattern: https://nkdagility.com/avoid-bug-task-anti-pattern-tfs/
However you can also configure TFS to treat Bugs as Tasks, and thus they never apear on the board. Go to the Backlog and click the lower cog to configure this.
You an then create a custom "Issue" work item type for the reported stuff and add it to be shown on the Backlog.
You will need to edit the process template for this.
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