In all of the documentation on msdn, I see a a "Backlog items" list on the TFS Work page. For example:
However, I don't see that in my project. Mine shows only Features and User Stories:
This is a project I inherited. It's hosted on-premise. I believe the process template is a customized version of the agile process template. How can I get the "backlog items" list back?
The Agile template uses User Stories. The Scrum template uses Product Backlog Items. They serve the same purpose; it's mostly a terminology thing. You can't really switch between different process templates.
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I'm assuming if I log into a project and there are User Stories then the project was created using the Agile template and if there are Product Backlog Items and Bugs then the project was created using the Scrum template. Is this correct?
Yes, you can use the workitem types to check for your process template.
CMMI is Requirement
Scrum is Prodcut backlog item
Agile is User Story
Yes, this is correct. Also if you see Requirements then project was created with CMMI template.
Our IT installed TFS 2017 (15.112.26307.0). It's a clean installation. It currently has few startup projects, just to see and explorer features. But the projects are missing "Process" link under Project Template page, to configure Agile/Scrum/CMMI. I don't see link for "Configure Features" either. My account has Project Administrator and Project Collection Administrators privileges. Ultimately we would like to explorer Agile process. Any help appreciated.
The Process tab is something that Microsoft has been building for VSTS and which is likely to come to on-prem in the near future. But for now TFS still uses the old XML based work item templates which offer a higher level of customizability, but which are also much harder to maintain.
For specific guidance on using witadmin.exe check out:
TFS Process Template Customisation Guide
Practical guidance for Work Item Tracking (WIT) and Process Template customizations.
I have a project in VS2013 online. It was setup with the default Process template (Scrum 2.0). I have a lot of source code with history but have nothing else, no workitems/backlog/tasks/stories/bugs etc.
I would like to change the template to the Agile template but cant see a way to do this.
Is this possible?
1) If you are using VSO then no.
Your only option would be to create a new Team Project. If it is a TFVC project you will be able to branch your source into the new project on the same instance.
2) If you are using Team Foundation Server then you can
Its very strait forward for your circumstance. I would however sugest that the Agile template is not right for you 😊:
Change Process Template
Template Choice
My recommendation is to keep the Scrum template but if you really want User Storys then rename PBI to user story. If your PM's want Original Estimate and Completed Work fields then add them. You are bot going to get far into agility if you are fighting against the tool...
P.s. Feel free to email me to discuss offline 😊
It is possible to change project template in visual studio team services when you are going between processes derived from same master template. E.g. I took Agile template and added few more states to features.
To change process templates in vsts:
Open process lists page (/_admin/_process)
Click ... next to process template you want to use to show popup menu
Select "Change team project to use "...
We'd like to set up TFS2012 to handle the multiple work methods per project problem. Did see the related topics, but I think our case is different.
We have several products with one or more teams working on them. The teams see the product's backlog, but they may use different work method - a project can have a scrum and a kanban team. In some cases a kanban team does release work on the user stories which are finished by the scrum teams.
How should we start setting up TFS to have different work methods (templates) within a project? Should we use one project collection? Is there a template which can handle scrum and kanban work together Can we modify and map a workflow to two different boards?
Thanks!
Each team project is based on a single process template. In this case you can either choose the Scrum or the Kanban template, and customize it.
It seems Scrumban process would fit into your project, however there's process template available yet for TFS.
I've installed TFS 2012 Express on Windows server 2008.
Created new project, and choose the Scrum 2.0 process template.
From all the tutorials, I understand that I am supposed to have backlog, board and work items tabs.
However, I have only the work items. How do I get the two others?
Here: View Backlog link is missing from the TFS11 home page
someone pointed that there is Web Access Permissions setting in the Administration page,
but in the Administration page, I am also missing the web acess tab.
Agile Planning tool are not available in TFS Express. Under the "Agile/Scrum" section of the post it says:
Product Backlog and Sprint Planning – these require Premium or Ultimate (see this post about enabling via the licensing feature)
At the end of the article it also mentions:
[UPDATE 6/7/2012] TFS Express does not include any of the Agile features. It is really focused on source control, build, and bug tracking. You can read more about it here.