- Deploying Data Center on Azure reduces downtime, and allows you to reconfigure node sizes and perform rolling updates by controlling all of your infrastructure at once. Meet increasing demand with confidence, and scale your Atlassian products efficiently while minimizing the.
- Jira is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 43 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 2nd in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 23 reviews. Jira is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Jira writes 'Flexible and very easy to set up but can get quite complex'.
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Read the article Jira to VSTS migration: migrating work items for more context of the process. Read the article Jira to Azure DevOps (VSTS or TFS) migration for a complete step-by-step walkthrough on a migration. The Jira to Azure DevOps work item migration tool has been tested on the following configurations: Atlassian Jira Cloud.
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With the Azure Boards web service, teams can manage their software projects. It provides a rich set of capabilities including native support for Scrum and Kanban, customizable dashboards, and integrated reporting. These tools can scale as your business grows.
You can quickly and easily start tracking user stories, backlog items, task, features, and bugs associated with your project. You track work by adding work items based on the process and work item types available to your project.
Video: Plan your work with Azure Boards
Note
This article applies to Azure DevOps Services and Azure DevOps Server 2019 and later versions. Most of the guidance is valid for earlier on-premises versions. However, images show only examples for the latest versions. Also, the Basic process is only available with Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 and later versions.
Work item types
Two of the most popular processes used are Basic and Agile. A process determines the work item types and workflow available in Azure Boards. If you want a project that uses the Scrum or CMMI process, you can add another project and specify the process. See Choose a process for a comparison of processes.
The following images show the Agile process backlog work item hierarchy and workflow states. User Stories and Tasks are used to track work, Bugs track code defects, and Epics and Features are used to group work under larger scenarios. As works progresses from not started to completed, you update the State workflow field from New, Active, Resolved, and Closed.
When you add a user story, bug, task, or feature, you create a work item.Add epics to track significant business initiatives. Add features to track specific applications or set of work. Define user stories to track work that you'll assign to specific team members, and bugs to track code defects. Lastly, use tasks to track even smaller amounts of work for which you want to track time either in hours or days.
Each team can configure how they manage Bugs—at the same level as User Stories or Tasks—by configuring the Working with bugs setting. To learn more about using these work item types, see Agile process.
The following images show the Basic process backlog work item hierarchy and workflow states. Issues and Tasks are used to track work, while Epics are used to group work under larger scenarios. As works progresses from not started to completed, you update the State workflow field from To Do, Doing, and Done.
When you add an issue, task, or epic, you create a work item. Add epics to track significant features or requirements. Use issues to track user stories, bugs, or other smaller items of work. And, use tasks to track even smaller amounts of work for which you want to track time either in hours or days.
The Basic process is available with Azure DevOps Server 2019 Update 1 and later versions. To learn more about using these work item types, see Plan and track work.
The following images show the Scrum process backlog work item hierarchy and workflow states. Product Backlog Items and Tasks are used to track work, Bugs track code defects, and Epics and Features are used to group work under larger scenarios. As works progresses from not started to completed, you update the State workflow field from New, Approved, Committed, and Done.
When you add a product backlog item, bug, task, or feature, you create a work item. Each team can configure how they manage bugs—at the same level as Product Backlog Items or Tasks—by configuring the Working with bugs setting. To learn more about using these work item types, see Scrum process.
The following images show the CMMI process backlog work item hierarchy and workflow states. Requirements and Tasks are used to track work, Bugs track code defects, and Epics and Features are used to group work under larger scenarios. As works progresses from not started to completed, you update the State workflow field from Proposed, Active, Resolved, and Closed.
When you add a requirement, bug, task, or feature, you create a work item. Each team can configure how they manage bugs—at the same level as Requirements or Tasks—by configuring the Working with bugs setting. To learn more about using these work item types, see CMMI process.
Each work item represents an object stored in the work item data store. Each work item is assigned a unique identifier (ID) within your projects.
Track work on interactive backlogs and boards
Quickly add and update the status of work using the Kanban board. You can also assign work to team members and tag with labels to support queries and filtering. Share information through descriptions, attachments, or links to network shared content. Prioritize work through drag-and-drop.
Update the status of user stories
Add and update the status of work from New, Active, Resolved, and Closed using the Kanban board. Add tasks as child items to user stories. To learn more, see Track user stories, features, and tasks.
Prioritize your backlog of user stories
Prioritize work through drag-and-drop on your team backlog. To learn more, see Create your backlog.
Update the status of issues
Add and update the status from To Do, Doing, and Done. Add tasks as child items to issues. To learn more, see Track issues and tasks.
Prioritize your backlog of issues
Prioritize work through drag-and-drop on your team backlog. To learn more, see Create your backlog.
Update the status of product backlog items
Add and update the status of work items by drag-and-drop to a new column. Add tasks as child items to product backlog items. To learn more, see Start using your Kanban board.
Prioritize your backlog of product backlog items
Prioritize work through drag-and-drop on your team backlog. To learn more, see Create your backlog.
Update the status of requirements
Add and update the status from Proposed, Active, and Resolved. Add tasks as child items to requirements. To learn more, see Start using your Kanban board.
Prioritize your backlog of requirements
Prioritize work through drag-and-drop on your team backlog. To learn more, see Create your backlog.
Collaborate
Collaborate with others through the Discussion section of the work item form. Use @mentions and #ID controls to quickly include others in the conversation or link to other work items. Choose to follow specific issues to get alerted when they are updated.
Create dashboards that track status and trends of work being accomplished. Set notifications to get alerted when an issue is created or changed.
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Get updated when a work item is updated
Get updated when a work item is updated
Get updated when a work item is updated
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Get updated when a work item is updated
To learn more, see one of the following articles:
- Set personal notifications.
Work in sprints, implement Scrum
Plan sprints by assigning work to current or future sprints. Forecast work that can get completed based on effort estimates. Determine how much work can be done within a sprint. Bulk assign issues and tasks to team members and sprints.
Assign backlog items to a sprint
Assign backlog items to a sprint
Assign backlog items to a sprint
Assign backlog items to a sprint
To learn more, see one of the following articles:
- Bulk modify work items.
Work effectively
You'll find you can work more effectively through these actions:
- Organize work into a hierarchy by grouping issues under epics, and tasks under issues.
- Create queries and quickly triage issues and tasks.
- Create work item templates to help contributors quickly add and define open meaningful issues and tasks.
- Quickly find work items that are assigned to you. Pivot or filter your work items based on other criteria, such as work items that you follow, that you're mentioned in, or that you viewed or updated.
Group items to create a hierarchy
Group items to create a hierarchy
Group items to create a hierarchy
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Group items to create a hierarchy
To learn more, see one of the following articles:
- View and add work items.
Connect with GitHub
If you use Azure Boards connected with GitHub, you can also do the following tasks:
- From GitHub, use #AB to link GitHub commits and pull requests to your issues and tasks.
- From Azure Boards issues and tasks, link to GitHub commits and pull requests.
To learn more, see GitHub & Azure Boards.
Best tool for the job
Azure Boards provides the following interactive lists and signboards. Each tool provides a filtered set of work items. All tools support viewing and defining work items. To learn more about effective use of these tools, see Best tool to add, update, and link work items.
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- Work items: Use to quickly find work items that are assigned to you. Pivot or filter work items based on other criteria, such as work items that you follow, that you're mentioned in, or that you viewed or updated.
- Boards: Boards present work items as cards and support quick status updates through drag-and-drop. The feature is similar to sticky notes on a physical whiteboard. Use to implement Kanban practices and visualize the flow of work for a team.
- Backlogs: Backlogs present work items as lists. A product backlog represents your project plan and a repository of all the information you need to track and share with your team. Portfolio backlogs allow you to group and organize your backlog into a hierarchy. Use to plan, prioritize, and organize work.
- Sprints: Sprint backlogs and taskboards provide a filtered view of work items a team assigned to a specific iteration path, or sprint. From your backlog, you can assign work to an iteration path by using drag-and-drop. You can then view that work in a separate sprint backlog. Use to implement Scrum practices.
- Queries: Queries are filtered lists of work items based on criteria that you define by using a query editor. You use queries to support the following tasks:
- Find groups of work items with something in common.
- List work items for the purposes of sharing with others or doing bulk updates. Triage a set of items to prioritize or assign.
- Create status and trend charts that you then can add to dashboards.
- Boards: Boards present work items as cards and support quick status updates through drag-and-drop. The feature is similar to sticky notes on a physical whiteboard. Use to implement Kanban practices and visualize the flow of work for a team.
- Backlogs: Backlogs present work items as lists. A product backlog represents your project plan and a repository of all the information you need to track and share with your team. Portfolio backlogs allow you to group and organize your backlog into a hierarchy. Use to plan, prioritize, and organize work.
- Sprints: Sprint backlogs and taskboards provide a filtered view of work items a team assigned to a specific iteration path, or sprint. From your backlog, you can assign work to an iteration path by using drag-and-drop. You can then view that work in a separate sprint backlog. Use to implement Scrum practices.
- Queries: Queries are filtered lists of work items based on criteria that you define by using a query editor. You use queries to support the following tasks:
- Find groups of work items with something in common.
- List work items for the purposes of sharing with others or doing bulk updates. Triage a set of items to prioritize or assign.
- Create status and trend charts that you then can add to dashboards.
Support independent, autonomous teams
A team refers to a group of project members who work in a particular product area. Those areas are represented as area paths. Area paths are hierarchical paths that denote the possible areas of ownership in an organization. A team is defined by a name, its members, and its area paths.
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Boards, Backlogs, Sprints rely on team configurations. For example, if you want to add a Kanban board or product backlog, you define a team. For more information on teams, see About teams and Agile tools.
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Manage work across projects
Most work is tracked within a project. However, many enterprises create several projects to support their business needs as described in Plan your organizational structure.
To track work across several projects, you can:
Get access to more tools
Extensions provide support for additional tools. An extension is an installable software unit that adds new capabilities to your projects. Find extensions in the Azure DevOps Marketplace. Extensions can support planning and tracking of work items, sprints, scrums, and more and collaboration among team members.
