Rational Team Concert™ projects
are organized into a series of fixed-length development periods called
iterations. Each timeline has its own set of iterations. An Iteration
plan displays the goals to be achieved in an iteration. You can create
an iteration plan and assign work items that are to be completed in
an iteration.
Note: If you follow the Scrum process template, an Iteration plan
is called a Sprint Backlog.
By default, an Iteration plan groups
work items based on the following plan modes:
- Backlog: Displays work items sorted by
priority.
- Developer's Taskboard: Displays work
items in columns for the states of different workflows. In the edit
mode, click
to select predefined states or all the states of a workflow.
- Team Folders: Displays work items after
categorizing them into folders. By default, work items are categorized
based on Top Items and Defects & Enhancements. To create a folder,
right-click an existing folder and click .
- Planned Time: Displays work items on a
timeline such as past, today, tomorrow, and so on and groups them
by owner.
- Work Breakdown: Displays work items grouped
by owner and in a tree structure by using the parent/child relationship.
Example
Planning a Sprint
You
can use the Plan Editor to manage sprint backlogs. As with a product
backlog, the editor assists you with stack ranking your sprint backlog.
In addition, the Plan Editor provides a view to display
the work breakdown structure of all work items, grouped by the owners.
Drag and drop or specific keyboard actions are used to manipulate
the work breakdown structure or reassigning the task to do load balancing.
Key work item attributes, like the estimate of a task, can be changed
in place and the changes are immediately reflected in the corresponding
progress and load bars.
In the View As section
select Developer's Taskboard. The view renders
all work items as cards on a board, arranging them in columns representing
three states: To Do, In Progress,
and Done. This allows for a quick overview
of your work. To mark a work item as complete, simply drag it from To
Do or In Progress column to the Done column.