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Estimate column not displaying for tasks in plan view
We are displaying an iteration plan. We have set the plan up to display "estimate" column in the View Layout for a plan, but it is not displaying "esitmate" values for Tasks in the plan view. It does display "estimates" for Defects. I can see that "estimate" column changes position when I move the location of "estimate" in the View Layout. It acts as though it is hidden for Tasks. Any idea how to unhide this for tasks if that is the reason?
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Hi,
I have a couple of custom work item types I created primarily to track approvals. I do not want anyone assigning time estimates to these work items. I have removed the estimate field from the editor presentation but it shows up in my plan view because I want estimate available on the view for quick task updates.
Because estimate shows up in the plan view, a person can update the other work item types from that view as well. I want to block that action. Is there a way to do this?
I also notice in the plan view that story points can be assigned to an Epic and hours can be assigned to a Story. I do not want either of these available to my users.
I would like to control, by work item, whether story points, estimate, both, or neither can be updated.
Finally, it seems the percentage estimated is based on all work items. For example, I have two user stories and four tasks. I have provided no estimates yet I am told 67% of points are estimated and 33% of hours are estimated. I'm pretty sure I understand the math behind these numbers but it is very misleading. The percentages should apply only to the work items I chose to estimate in either the points and/or hours units.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks,
Doug
I have a couple of custom work item types I created primarily to track approvals. I do not want anyone assigning time estimates to these work items. I have removed the estimate field from the editor presentation but it shows up in my plan view because I want estimate available on the view for quick task updates.
Because estimate shows up in the plan view, a person can update the other work item types from that view as well. I want to block that action. Is there a way to do this?
I also notice in the plan view that story points can be assigned to an Epic and hours can be assigned to a Story. I do not want either of these available to my users.
I would like to control, by work item, whether story points, estimate, both, or neither can be updated.
Finally, it seems the percentage estimated is based on all work items. For example, I have two user stories and four tasks. I have provided no estimates yet I am told 67% of points are estimated and 33% of hours are estimated. I'm pretty sure I understand the math behind these numbers but it is very misleading. The percentages should apply only to the work items I chose to estimate in either the points and/or hours units.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks,
Doug
Hi,
Our teams typically have two or three categories each. We create our work items from the plan view using keyboard shortcuts. It is very fast.
When work items are created for the first category, the Filed Against field is nicely defaulted to that first category.
Unfortunately, when we start creating work items that are intended for the second category, the work item is instantiated with the first category as Filed Against. For every work item created for categories other than the first, each work item has to be manually changed. This slows down work item creation and causes problems when it isn't noticed.
Is there a way for each developer to tell RTC (client or web) which category should be used when creating work items?
Thanks,
Doug
Our teams typically have two or three categories each. We create our work items from the plan view using keyboard shortcuts. It is very fast.
When work items are created for the first category, the Filed Against field is nicely defaulted to that first category.
Unfortunately, when we start creating work items that are intended for the second category, the work item is instantiated with the first category as Filed Against. For every work item created for categories other than the first, each work item has to be manually changed. This slows down work item creation and causes problems when it isn't noticed.
Is there a way for each developer to tell RTC (client or web) which category should be used when creating work items?
Thanks,
Doug