Effort, Schedules, and Target Dates (CMMI)

By tracking hours, you gain more detailed insight into which Requirements are almost finished and what the team burn rate is. You track estimated work for most work items by using the fields that are grouped under Effort (hours) on the Details tab. For Tasks, you can track estimated, completed, and remaining work and indicate whether the work requires review or testing. Several reports and dashboards provide charts that display the data that these fields contain.

You specify the level of effort for the Tasks that you are assigned. For more information, see Task (CMMI).

In this topic

• Fields Used to Track Hours and Review and Test Requirements

• Scheduling Fields Calculated by Office Project

Fields Used to Track Hours and Requirements for Review and Test

The following table describes the fields that you can use to track hours and requirements for review and testing for work that the team tracks by using the Task work item. This information is tracked only for Task work items in the process template of Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) for CMMI Process Improvement v5.0. For information about data types and default field attributes, see Working with Work Item Fields.

Field name	Description	Reference name	Data type	Default value of the reportable type attribute	Default value of the index attribute
Activity	The type of activity that is required to perform a Task.	Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Activity	String	Dimension	False
Actual Resolve Date	The actual date on which the Issue moved to the Resolved state.	Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ResolvedDate	DateTime	Dimension	False
Completed	The number of hours that the team spent working on a Task.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork	Double	Measure, Sum	False
Original Estimate	The number of hours that are required to complete the work that the work item represents. You can use this field to track estimates for Bugs, Change Requests, Issues, Requirements, Risks, and Tasks.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.OriginalEstimate	Double	Measure, Sum	False
Remaining	The number of hours that remain to finish a Task.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.RemainingWork	Double	Measure, Sum	False
Requires Review	Indicates whether the work implemented by the task requires a formal review. You can specify Yes or No. If Yes, a link to the Review work item should be added to the Task.	Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.RequiresReview	String	None	False
Requires Test	Indicates whether the work implemented by the task requires testing. You can specify Yes or No. If Yes, a link to the Test Case should be added to the Task.	Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.RequiresTest	String	None	False
Target Resolve Date	The forecasted date for an Issue to be resolved. This field applies only to Issues.	Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.TargetResolveDate	DateTime	Dimension	False

Scheduling Fields Calculated by Office Project

The following table lists fields that are calculated if you create a project plan in Office Project and then synchronize that plan with tasks that are stored in Team Foundation Server. All these fields, except for the Due Date, appear on the on the Details tab of the work item form for Tasks. You can view their read-only values on the form, in results from a query, or from Office Excel and Office Project. For more information, see Scheduling Tasks and Assigning Resources Using Microsoft Project.

Field name	Description	Reference name	Data type	Default value of the reportable type attribute	Default value of the index attribute
Due Date	The forecasted due date for a task to be completed.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.DueDate	DateTime	Dimension	False
Finish Date	The date and time when the schedule indicates that the task will be completed.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.FinishDate	DateTime	Dimension	False
Start Date	The date and time when the schedule indicates that the task will start.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.StartDate	DateTime	Dimension	False
Task Hierarchy	The summary task that Office Project records.	Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.TaskHierarchy	String	Dimension	False

See Also

Concepts

Task (CMMI)

Customizing Microsoft Project Field Mappings

Using System Fields and Fields Defined by the MSF Process Templates

Finding Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items

Other Resources

Work Item Fields (Agile)