common categories / cross teamarea categories
Is there a way to have a couple of categories linked to more than one team area (WITHOUT loosing the ability to link a workitem to a certain team)?
Let's say we have teamA working on cobol-sources, teamB working on java-sources and teamC working on planning.
We would like to have frontend/backend categories of workitems for all teams (without the need of creating each of those categories three times).
Let's say we have teamA working on cobol-sources, teamB working on java-sources and teamC working on planning.
We would like to have frontend/backend categories of workitems for all teams (without the need of creating each of those categories three times).
One answer
Categories span a tree. A category can always only map to one process area. So my naive answer is no. You have the following choices:
root/frontend/cobol
root/frontend/java
root/frontend/planning
root/backend/cobol
root/backend/java
root/backend/planning
or
root/cobol/frontend
root/cobol/backend
root/java/frontend
root/java/backend
root/planning/frontend
root/planning/backend
for all I can tell.
root/frontend/cobol
root/frontend/java
root/frontend/planning
root/backend/cobol
root/backend/java
root/backend/planning
or
root/cobol/frontend
root/cobol/backend
root/java/frontend
root/java/backend
root/planning/frontend
root/planning/backend
for all I can tell.
Comments
Then I don't understand the added value of workitem categories, besides the fact you can link another name with a teamarea.
You an only assign work items using categories, so it is the other way around, really.
Categories are user readable and disconnect process areas and their name from logical names.
Categories can be hidden from outside users, so can be used within a team area to subgroup. Categories can be used to group in plans this way.
Categories are easy to create and map.
In particular, it allows you to have a stable set of categories, while teams are being added, being removed, or changing what parts of the product they are responsible for.
Comments
Donald Nong
Jan 04 '16, 6:58 p.m.Are the frontend/backend categories parallel to or under the existing three categories? You probably already have the answer when you make this clear.