Plan types - which to use?

WRT does it matter ... yes and no (:-).
It matters, because the plan type does affect what is displayed in the plan.
It does not matter, because you can always go into the advanced section
of the plan, and change its plan type.

WRT the differences between the various available plan types, the main
difference is the scope of the plan. Some plan types show all
iterations and team areas nested below the selected iteration and team
area, while others show only the selected team, while others show only
the selected iteration.

Work item 180526 will add documentation for the available plan types,
and is scheduled for the current 4.0 milestone.

Cheers,
Geoff

On 11/16/2011 6:08 PM, troydugger wrote:

When you create a plan, you are presented with many different types
(in the advanced options). I've heard that some of these are legacy
and some are new. Which would you recommend a new project use?

The list I see in the dialog are:
Sprint Backlog
Scheduled Risk Assessed Sprint Backlog
Release Backlog (Team)
Release Backlog (Project)
Product Backlog

Also, does it really matter? If I select Product Backlog and then set
the Iteration to a sprint, is that different than selecting Sprint
Backlog and doing the same iteration?

Thanks,
Troy

Thanks for the response, Geoff.

From what I can tell by using the tool, the difference is the the view options on the left. Depending on which plan type you choose, you'll have different view options. But you can create any of these options yourself even if they aren't there, so I think in the end it is just what is available by default when you choose the plan type. Makes things easier.

Also, from my poking around it looks like they all will show work items for all child iterations for the iteration chosen. None of them will disregard items in planned for child iterations. I could be wrong on this, but that's what I'm seeing in RTC 3.

Thanks again,
Troy

WRT does it matter ... yes and no (:-).
It matters, because the plan type does affect what is displayed in the plan.
It does not matter, because you can always go into the advanced section
of the plan, and change its plan type.

WRT the differences between the various available plan types, the main
difference is the scope of the plan. Some plan types show all
iterations and team areas nested below the selected iteration and team
area, while others show only the selected team, while others show only
the selected iteration.

Work item 180526 will add documentation for the available plan types,
and is scheduled for the current 4.0 milestone.

Cheers,
Geoff

On 11/16/2011 6:08 PM, troydugger wrote:

When you create a plan, you are presented with many different types
(in the advanced options). I've heard that some of these are legacy
and some are new. Which would you recommend a new project use?

The list I see in the dialog are:
Sprint Backlog
Scheduled Risk Assessed Sprint Backlog
Release Backlog (Team)
Release Backlog (Project)
Product Backlog

Also, does it really matter? If I select Product Backlog and then set
the Iteration to a sprint, is that different than selecting Sprint
Backlog and doing the same iteration?

Thanks,
Troy

Also, from my poking around it looks like they all will show work items for all child iterations for the iteration chosen. None of them will disregard items in planned for child iterations. I could be wrong on this, but that's what I'm seeing in RTC 3.

In the Exclude options I see in the side panel, there's one to exclude Items from Sub-Iterations that sounds like it will do this.


Andy.