Effort, Schedules, and Tracking Hours (Agile)
You use the fields that are grouped under Effort (hours) to track estimated, completed, and remaining work for a Task and to report on the progress toward completing tasks. By tracking hours, you gain more detailed insight into which user stories are almost finished and what the team burn rate is. 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 about how to track hours, see Task (Agile).
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Fields Used to Track Hours
Fields Calculated by Office Project
Fields Used to Track Hours
The following table describes the fields that you can use to track hours. This information is tracked only for task work items in the process template of MSF for Agile Software Development 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 |
Original Estimate |
The number of hours that are required to complete a Task. |
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 |
Completed |
The number of hours that were spent working on a Task. |
Microsoft.VSTS.Scheduling.CompletedWork |
Double |
Measure, Sum |
False |
Scheduling Fields That Office Project Calculates
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. These fields do not appear on the work item form, but they are calculated for both User Stories and Tasks that are linked to User Stories. You can view their read-only values 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 |
See Also
Concepts
Customizing Microsoft Project Field Mappings
Using System Fields and Fields Defined by the MSF Process Templates
Finding Bugs, Tasks, and Other Work Items