Work items help project managers keep track of the work
assigned to each team member. Work items are also used
to see the progress of a team or project. The team members can use
work items to keep track of their work.
Before you begin
Before creating a work item, connect to a project area.
About this task
To create a work item:
Procedure
- In the Team Artifacts tool window,
expand the project area node, right-click Work Items,
and click . You can also create a
work item while associating a work item with a change set. For more
information about associating a work item with a change set, see Associating
a work item with a change set topic.
- In the Create New Work Item window,
select a work item type.
- Optional: To change to another project area of the
same repository, click Back.
- Click Finish. The work item is opened
in a Web browser. Log in and type the values for work item attributes.
Note: You can configure the Web browser setting to use either
internal Web browser that opens inside Microsoft® Visual Studio or in an external
Web browser window. To configure the settings, navigate to .