Change request field reference (CMMI)

You can track change requests for CMMI work items by using these six fields: Justification, Impact on Architecture, Impact on User Experience, Impact on Test, Impact on Development, and Impact on Technical Publications. A description and a reference name for each of the change request fields are provided in the following table. When you open a work item form for a change request, the Justification field appears on the Justification tab, and all other fields appear on the Analysis tab.

The Change Request work item type is provided only with the process template for Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF) CMMI Process Improvement.

None of these fields are reportable or indexed. They all have a data type of HTML.

Field name

Description

Reference name

Justification

Why the change has been proposed and what value it would bring to the product and the customer.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.Justification

Impact on Architecture

The impact that the change would have on architecture. You can use this field to describe in detail which sections of the architecture would be affected and how much the change would cost to implement.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.ImpactOnArchitecture

Impact on User Experience

The impact that the change would have on the user experience. You can use this field to describe in detail which sections of the user interface would be affected and how much the change would cost to implement.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.ImpactOnUserExperience

Impact on Test

The impact that the change would have on testing. You can use this field to describe in detail which tests would be affected and how much the change would cost to implement.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.ImpactOnTest

Impact on Development

The impact that the change would have on development and product designs. You can use this field to describe in detail which development areas and designs would be affected and how much the change would cost to implement.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.ImpactOnDevelopment

Impact on Technical Publications

The impact that the change would have on product documentation. You can use this field to describe in detail which sections of documentation would be affected and how much the change would cost to implement.

Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.ImpactOnTechnicalPublications

See Also

Concepts

Work item field reference for Visual Studio ALM