Managing Work Items (Team System Web Access)
You can use Team System Web Access to create, view, and modify work items, which includes assigning and reassigning them. For example, in Team System Web Access, you can create an instance of any work item that is defined in the project, assign it to the worker who will be responsible for it, and track the status of that item as work progresses. You can also modify the work item as the project progresses to reflect the current state of work.
The purpose of tracking work status is to monitor project health, which team member the work is assigned to, and the status of that work. Team Foundation uses work items to track work on a team project. Various types of work items are available and are based on the type of work that they represent. For example, a bug work item tracks problems and issues discovered during product development. A task work item tracks tasks such as planned development, testing, customer requirements, and others.
All work items have a running history that logs all activity. Whenever a work item changes, the change is logged so that any team member can review the complete history of activity on a work item at any time.
In Team System Web Access, you can access work items to help you manage the work that must be accomplished in the product life cycle. To access and view work items, Team System Web Access lets you use team queries or customized queries. For example, you can create a custom query that lets you view specific work items based on criteria that you specify, such as the assignment, change date, state, resolution or completion date, and so on.
In This Section
How to: Add New Work Items (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to create different types of work items for a team project.How to: View and Sort Work Item Query Results Lists (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to run a query for all existing work items, display work item query results, and modify the view in which work items are presented by applying sorting functions.How to: Display Work Item Details (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to display the details of a selected work item after you run a work item query.Searching for Work Items (Team System Web Access)
Provides information about how to find work items by searching. Describes both simple search syntax and advanced search syntax.How to: Edit Work Items (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to modify a selected work item.How to: Create a Work Item Copy (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to copy an existing work item in one project to another.How to: Add Related Work Item Links (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to associate work items that are related to each other with regard to project area, iteration, status, work, and other similarities, to enable tracking the work items at the same time.How to: Delete Related Work Item Links (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to delete a related work item link, which removes the link between two work items.How to: View Work Item Details in Report View (Team System Web Access)
Discusses how to view work item details as a report and how to export the report to another application format such as Microsoft Excel.How to: View State Diagrams for Work Item Types (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to display diagrams for the default work item types to understand the processes involved as a work item progresses through its life cycle.How to: Add Work Items to the Favorites List (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to populate the Favorites list by using work items of particular importance or frequent use.How to: Bulk Edit Work Items (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to modify multiple work items at the same time.How to: Send Work Items by E-Mail (Team System Web Access)
Describes how to send a list of work items or individual work items by e-mail.
Related Sections
Managing Work Item Queries (Team Web Access)