What is
Azure DevOps Board?
Azure board
is main service of Azure DevOps which is used in project to -
- - Track
the work with Kanban board (It is details of all work items like Bug, User
Story)
- - Work
with backlog – Maintain all work items current and backlogs.
- - Team
Dashboard – Provide Team wise dashboard.
- - Reporting
– You can provide report of your work items.
Use of Azure
Boards:
- - Managing
and tracking work.
- - It
provides clear picture of work done by team member.
- - You
can give access of board to your stakeholder to see the progress of your
development.
- - Mange
your product backlogs.
- - Get
different types of reports.
Who will
work on Azure Board:
- - The
Team.
- - Development
team will work on managing their work like tasks, stories, Bugs etc.
- - PO
will manage the backlogs.
- - Stakeholders
will work to see the status of their items.
Azure Board
Types:
It depends on Work Item Process which is selected at the time of project creation. Each
type provides different types of work item and workflow.
Azure Board
– Work Items
Work item is
a unit of work and is a part of your product development.
Feature:
Title, Description, assigned to, Completed By etc.
Title: Enter
the Description of your item.
Assigned to: Assign the work item to the team member.
State: Represent the current state (Column of Kanban Board.) of work item.
Area Path:
Represent the project name.
Example:
Epic, User Story, Bug, Feature etc.
When you
create a Work Item then it looks like:
Work Items in Azure Boards – It depends on which work item process option is selected at
the time of project creation like:
Basic
Process:
There are 3
work items in Azure board with basic process.
1. - Epic – Functionality or Large work.
2. - Issue – It may be Bug, User Story,
Feature etc.
3. - Task – Small work.
Workflow:
1. Workflow is the process of updating
work item progress.
2. Flow =To Do -> Doing -> Done.
Kanban Boards:
Here you can fill all related details about your issue like Description, assigned to, State,
Reason, Discussion, Planning, Comments etc. Any changes on work item you can see the history of that item.
Agile
Process:
There are 7
work items in Azure board with Agile process.
Bug:
Something missed or Implemented in wrong way.
User Story:
Implementation of new work.
Feature: New
functionality.
Test Cases: Its test cases of feature.
Workflow:
Kanban
Boards:
CMMI Process: Capability Maturity Model Integration
When lot of change request in project then use CMMI option. It contains agile 7 work item
+ additional 3 work item like Requirement, Change Request and Risk.
Change
Request: If work done is valid but needs to implement something else.
Requirement:
Work item to track on board. Or New Requirement Gathering.
Risk: This work item has some risk to implement.
Workflow:
Kanban Board:
Impediment:
Any work which is dependency to other developers or team.
Workflow:
Kanban
Board:
Backlog:
It is
collection of work items which is used for future development. There are 2
types of backlogs:
1. Product Backlog – This is the list
which is needed into project.
2. Sprint Backlog – This is the work
items which are in TODO state.
Benefits or
use of Backlogs:
- - Quickly
define the task. – User Story, Bug
- - Manage
Priority
- - Quickly
assign work items to team members.
- - Add Details and estimate the backlog items in advance.
How to create Backlog:
Sprints:
What is
Query?
A query is
combination of few logic which is applied on work items.
Need of Query?
A query is a used to filter work items based on several logic.
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