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  • Daniel avatar

    Posted on Jun 10, 2011 (permalink)

    Hi,

    I've only just been introduced the concept of SCRUM and the work items manager software a few moments ago. I've been told that to comply with the SCRUM project way of working - a team should differentiate between a task (i.e. a job that HAS to be done) and a backlog item (i.e. an item on a wish list that MAY be done). 

    My question is - how do I deal with these in the work items manager. I can add a task/close a task quite simply, but I'm not entirely sure on how to manage product backlog items.

    Thanks a lot in advance for any help,

    Dan

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  • Joel Joel admin's avatar

    Posted on Jun 15, 2011 (permalink)

    Hi Daniel,

    To work with backlog items, you will first need a project that has a backlog item work item type in it.  If the project you are using does not have a Product Backlog Item work item type, then you will likely need a new project.

    Out of the box, TFS does not ship with a scrum based process template that contains a "backlog item" (process templates are used to create projects in TFS).  However, it's fairly easy to download new process templates and add them to your TFS server.  Microsoft has released a scrum template for TFS called Visual Studio Scrum v1.0 which you can download here.  For more information about how to upload a process template to your TFS server, you can go here.

    Once your project has a Product Backlog Item work item type, creating them should be just as easy as creating tasks (see the attached screenshot New-product-backlog-item.png).  To learn more about how to run a project using the Visual Studio Scrum template, I would also recommend reading the process guidance which can be found here.

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